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Amie Wilson

The big problem Unai Emery has with Lacazette and Aubameyang that has stunned Arsenal fans

Arsenal have had an underwhelming start to the Premier League season, despite only losing two of their 11 league games so far this campaign.

The Gunners currently sit in fifth place in the league table, but there is already a six-point gap between them and Chelsea who sit in the last Champions League spot.

Arsenal drew their fifth game of the season on Saturday after giving up a lead for the third straight game in a row in the 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers. The draw comes after Unai Emery's men were pegged back from 2-0 up against Crystal Palace to draw 2-2 just one week earlier.

Arsenal started that match in the best possible way, being two goals to the good within the first 10 minutes, however, a 32nd minute penalty from Luka Milivojevic halved the advantage before half time.

It was in the build-up to that penalty that one Arsenal fan noticed a problem with striking duo Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

As pointed out by Twitter user @Armor4Sleep, the two strikers failed to put any pressure on Palace midfielder Milivojevic when he comes and collects the ball from his defence.

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The Serbian is under no pressure as he turns on the ball on the edge of the penalty area and makes his way into the midfield, before playing a diagonal ball to Wilfried Zaha, who goes onto win the penalty.

One of the problems that Arsenal have had, which was especially evident in the draw vs Watford earlier in the season is being put under pressure when playing out from the back, but it doesn't seem that it is something that Emery's team always do to the opposition.

Arsenal face Leicester City in their next Premier League match, who are a team who are showing that they are not afraid of playing out from the back under Brendan Rodgers.

With the quality of Youri Tielemans and James Maddison in their midfield, the lack of pressure from Arsenal's front players could continue to be a problem for the Gunners.

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