Match Report – Player Ratings – By the numbers – Video It was clear from pre-season that Unai Emery was going to need some time to get his team playing the way he wants, and it was also fairly clear that facing a team as good and as well-oiled as Man City at this nascent stage of our development under the Spaniard was going to be a real challenge. Yesterday was evidence of that, yet there were some positives to take from day despite the defeat. Playing out from the back is a clear part of what Emery wants to do, and in picking Petr Cech he's asking a veteran keeper to do something he hasn't really had to do in a long time. He didn't always look comfortable with the ball...
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