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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

David Luiz reacts on social media to Arsenal's decision to sack Unai Emery

David Luiz is the latest Arsenal player to break his silence amid Unai Emery's departure.

Following a run of seven games without a win across all competitions the decision was made on Friday morning to part company with the Spanish head coach - less than 24 hours after the defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt.

As a result, Freddie Ljungberg will take charge of Sunday's Premier League encounter with Norwich City at Carrow Road.

News of Emery's sacking has sent shockwaves throughout football with the likes of Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Jose Mourinho, Steven Gerrard and Brendan Rodgers all commenting on the decision.

Meanwhile, Emiliano Martinez broke the Arsenal players' silence with a social media post shortly after the announcement.

And now Luiz has followed suit.

The Brazilian - who turned out to be the final signing during Emery's reign - took to social media to shoulder some of the blame and also sent a message to the outgoing coach.

"Sad day for everybody , especially because we let u down Boss, sorry!!" he tweeted. "Thank you and the amazing staff for everything !!

"You are a hard worker , passionate for football and a big example always, doesn’t matter the results! Good luck for the future!

Interestingly, Luiz has been singled out as the 'weak' link in Emery's downfall by Arsenal legend Martin Keown.

"It's almost a relief that the board made a decision because last night just encapsulated everything about how poor it had become," Keown told talkSPORT.

"It was shambolic at times watching the manager and the team he selected. I don't think he quite understood the pressure he was under.

"Then during the game as well with the way David Luiz weakly went off the pitch. The manager's job is on the line and you go off the pitch, it didn't really look that bad.

"Last season he changed from a back three to a back four 23 times.

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"We played Southampton last weekend and they had 21 shots on our goal. It was inevitable.

"We were covering the game last night and it had become very sad and it had become a shambles.

"The club has lost its way and is not competitive. For me, it's relegation form. It is really very serious. He'd lost the players and it simply had to be done."

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