Arsenal boss Unai Emery admits some of his players were not particularly interested in playing in the Europa League in the early part of the season. The Gunners will face Chelsea in Baku next Wednesday for the chance to end Emery's first season in charge with a trophy and secure a return to the Champions League. Arsenal, who finished fifth in the Premier League, have reserved most of their best performances for Europe this season, with particularly impressive wins over Napoli and Valencia in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. But Emery, a three-time winner of the trophy with Sevilla, says it took time to convince certain members of his squad to give the competition as much importance as...
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