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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Arsenal and Unai Emery handed major boost ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt Europa League clash

Arsenal and Unai Emery really could do with some good news following their second half collapse against Watford.

And they just might have got that in the shape of their next opponents.

The Gunners face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday evening and can probably take some solace from the fact they too had a poor result at the weekend.

First-half goals from Augsburg pair Marco Richter and Florian Niederlechner inflicted a 2-1 loss on Adolf Hutter's side at the Augsburg Arena on Saturday afternoon.

That proved to be defeat number two of the season from four Bundesliga games for last year's Europa League semi-finalists.

However, it should be noted that both losses have come away from home as they've got an 100 per cent record from four games across all competitions at the Commerzbank-Arena.

Therefore the north London outfit won't have it all their own way, but will hope to inflict successive defeats on the German side.

Having now failed to win in three, a positive result is needed for Arsenal.

They let a 2-0 lead slip at Vicarage Road on Sunday which has prompted some supporters to call for Emery to be sacked and replaced by Freddie Ljungberg.

Unai Emery ahead of Arsenal's clash with Watford (Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Barring a shocking turn of events, Emery will certainly be in the dugout on Thursday and the message from Sunday is pretty clear.

Avoid making mistakes.

Although, playing out from the back looks likes it's here to stay despite Sokratis' error against Watford.

"After their goal we tried once more and broke their lines and got into the attacking third with space," Emery said in his post-match press conference. "We didn't achieve good chances in less moments.

"We need to repeat it.

We need also to have the capacity and improve and be able to break when the teams want to press us like Watford did today."

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