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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Arsenal news: Fallout from Watford draw, match highlights, what Emery said and Ozil test

It's now three games without a win for Arsenal.

With top-four rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester United all winning their games on Saturday, there was slight pressure on the Gunners as they faced Watford at Vicarage Road.

And in true Arsenal fashion they buckled under said pressure. Throwing away a 2-0 half-time lead to end up drawing 2-2 and they could have lost it right at the end.

The Gunners don’t have much time to reflect on the game against the Hornets as they’re back in action on Thursday.

Bundesliga outfit and last season’s Europa League semi-finalists Eintracht Frankfurt are first up as Emery’s side begin the group phase of this year’s competition.

With that said, here’s all the news from around the Emirates Stadium over the past 24 hours.

Player ratings

It looked as if Arsenal were going to win for the first time since beating Burnley at home last month.

They were nine minutes away from doing, but struggles away from home continue.

In truth, probably only one player deserved a good mark and others - in particular the defenders - deserved very low ones.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates as he scores his first goal against Watford (Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

For our player ratings from the game at Vicarage Road, read here.

What Emery said

The Arsenal head coach had plenty to discuss during his post-match press conference.

From surrendering a 2-0 nil lead to the performance of Mesut Ozil and what he made of costly mistakes from Sokratis and David Luiz.

There was also a bizarre reason for substituting Dani Ceballos in the second half.

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

Full transcript from Emery’s post-match press conference right here.

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Watford vs Arsenal match highlights

Before the international break Arsenal were on the right side of a comeback, but against Watford they experienced the total opposite.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang did his job in attack, but the issue is that those behind him and in front of Bernd Leno seem keen to undo any of his good work.

Here's a full recap from the game at Vicarage Road.

Ozil test

For the first time this season, Mesut Ozil made an appearance for Arsenal.

He started against Watford and had a hand in the goal which made it 2-0 before the break.

But how did the German do overall?

Read here for how Mesut Ozil's test at Watford which became a damning indictment of Unai Emery's Arsenal.

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