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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

The surprise name Arsenal supporters want Unai Emery to leave out against Aston Villa

Arsenal host Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.

Following back-to-back draws against Tottenham Hotspur and Watford either side of the international break, Unai Emery will be hopeful that his side can get back to winning ways.

A repeat of the scoreline against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday evening would go down a treat.

"We knew the match would be difficult because they are very strong here and defensively we needed to work, sometimes deep with their full-backs very deep and crossing a lot to two strikers," Emery said after the 3-0 win.

"We spoke about and we worked on the transition: if we were organised defensively and above all with good pressing against them, we knew we would recover the ball with space and we did that.

"We had the responsibility with every player, with the young players, to give them chances to play and share their performances with experienced players. Tonight was good, they deserved it. It's our way.

Ahead of the game at the Emirates Stadium,  football.london  offered Gunners supporters the chance to pick the XI Emery should select in what has been billed as a game which should yield three points.

The most popular XI contains a very exciting attacking line-up.

Fans have called on Emery to hand club record signing Nicolas Pepe another chance to break his duck, pairing him in attack with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Reiss Nelson.

Perhaps the biggest talking point is the most popular midfield selection.

Fans have urged Emery to drop Granit Xhaka and keep faith in Mesut Ozil.

But the biggest surprise is that supporters wouldn't mind seeing Dani Ceballos dropped from the team which started at Vicarage Road last weekend.

That would mean Lucas Torreira keeping his spot and Matteo Guendouzi returning to the line-up after being an unused sub against Frankfurt.

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