Arsenal coach, Unai Emery has said Nicolas Pepe’s performance in Arsenal’s comeback victory vs Vitoria Guimaraes in the Europa League was “perfect.”
It was looking like a loss until Pepe stole the show 15 minutes from time by scoring two beautiful free-kicks late on to take the full points and maintain the Gunners’ stainless run in the Europa League.
Unai has now said he is happy for Pepe and he expects him to do more.
His words, “We are very happy for him and for us because those two goals, from two set-pieces, were perfect,”
“He was trying a lot of set-piece shooting on the training ground last week and I was watching his shooting.
“The most important thing is the three points and that some individual players can improve, that they can take confidence for us and for them.
“Every player, usually, they need time to adapt. Pepe is a very good player and we believe in him, totally.
“The way he’s going, sometimes he feels better, sometimes it’s with more difficulty on the pitch.
“He’s improving and tonight those two goals are really important for us first, and then secondly for him. He’s continuing the adaptation in his process and as soon as he can adapt, that’s better for us.”
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