PEPE THE PENALTY KING It was a big call for Pepe to step up and take the penalty at 1-0 down. Our record signing was playing his seventh game for us, still looking for his first goal, so he was under a certain amount of individual pressure himself, regardless of the match situation. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was our regular spot-kick taker last season, and with six goals already to his name so far this campaign, one could have expected him to take the ball after Matteo Guendouzi was hauled down. But Unai Emery revealed after the game that Aubameyang is still the designated penalty taker, and that it was the top scorer's decision to help get his striking partner off the mark. Not that the...
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