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Lee Wilmot & Paul Clarke

'Complete lack of direction' - Jermaine Jenas slams Unai Emery for Arsenal's defeat at Leicester

Jermaine Jenas was not impressed with Arsenal against Leicester City.

And the former Tottenham man had some harsh words for head coach Unai Emery.

Emery set up his team with a back three, with Hector Bellerin and Sead Kolasinac as wing-backs against a strong Leicester side who moved into second place as a result of their 2-0 win.

Jenas could not understand the decision.

Speaking on Match of the Day, he said: "It's not looking good. It's the first time they have gone to a back three today and you could tell. They had no plan and there was a complete lack of direction.

"When they did have the ball going forward Arsenal, they had no confidence and they didn't want to play it forward. They played it negative and backwards and they went sideways. It was like they were waiting to have the ball taken off of them and Leicester didn't disappoint.

"Arsenal were not good enough to play in that system and were always going to make mistakes. One instance was a big problem and at times there were three Leicester players occupying seven Arsenal players.

"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was playing right wing-back at one point and Bellerin should have been telling him to get out of the way. On the opposite side of the field there was [Alexandre] Lacazette playing left wing-back. How are you supposed to have a chance of playing counter attacking football?

"The complete inability to recognise that they needed to change the system or the tempo is worrying. That is worrying for Unai Emery."

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