Unai Emery praised his Arsenal players for "sticking to the gameplan" after a 2-0 defeat at Leicester on Saturday, insisting any criticism for the team's performance should be directed at him.
“I am speaking with the club to stay strong and recover," he told a post-match press conference. "We also have young players who are growing up with us.
“I know we are receiving criticism but I have done before and I have recovered. I accept all the criticism. It is normal. Today we did one step ahead being better defensively.
"We can be disappointed but not with the attitude of the players, they did the gameplan. In the second half, we created some chances and when they scored we lost that opportunity.”
When pressed on why he opted for a defensive-minded 3-4-1-2 formation against Leicester, Emery added: "I think the players felt good in that system.
“Last year we used it and we did well. It depends on how we can get our best qualities and we used that system last year with a lot of good results.”
"We are distant from Leicester now but we will take time to prepare and improve and take the balance in the team," he said.
“Manchester United and Spurs are also behind us so it is an equal competition but we have time to reduce the gap on Leicester.”
Arsenal resume their Premier League campaign after the international break, with Southampton due to arrive at Emirates Stadium on November 23.
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