He is the fourth manager to be fired this Premier League season after Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, Unai Emery at Arsenal and Javi Gracia at Watford
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The Gunners have pulled the trigger on Emery amid their worst run of results since 1992.
While Arsenal’s form in the Premier League has come under intense scrutiny, their 2-1 defeat at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League has heaped further pressure on the Gunners boss
Arsenal have made a disappointing start to the current campaign and are 8th in the Premier League
A run of two wins from 11 matches has left the Gunners in eighth position in the Premier League standings, 19 points adrift of leaders Liverpool.
The forward scored his ninth goal in nine games against the Gunners to inspire the Foxes to a 2-0 win and into second in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Unai Emery takes his side to the King Power Stadium aware that he must start to deliver more wins if he is to keep his job in the Gunners dugout
Unai Emery has stripped Granit Xhaka of the Arsenal captaincy following his recent outburst against supporters.
The 18-year-old kept his cool in front of the Kop to send Liverpool through after the hosts has trailed 3-1, 4-2 and 5-4 before a stoppage-time equaliser by Divock Origi
The Gunners trailed 2-1 when Emery brought Pepe off the bench at the Emirates stadium in the UEFA Europa League.
While the Gunners lost out to Liverpool at Anfield last weekend, Spurs head into Sunday’s fixture having suffered a surprise home defeat at the hands of Newcastle United
Unai Emery has seen the club buy a total of six players – although French centre-back William Saliba has been loaned back to Saint-Etienne for this season
Arsenal made six major signings in the close season.
Arsenal have completed the loan signing of midfielder Dani Ceballos from Real Madrid, with the 22-year-old moving to London for the 2019-20 season.
The 33-year-old French centre back, who has a year left on his contract, has been linked by the British media with a switch to Ligue one clubs Girondins Bordeaux and Olympique Lyonnais.
The 23-year-old, who is currently representing Nigeria at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, has been utilised in a forward position due to the presence of Mesut Ozil, Granit Xhaka and Lucas Torreira at the club.
Arsenal have promoted Freddie Ljungberg to assistant first-team coach, effectively replacing Steve Bould going into the new season.
This is just the second all-English final in UEFA’s secondary competition, after Tottenham Hotspur against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 1972 UEFA Cup, and is considered a make-or-break match for both sides.
Unai Emery’s men will slug it out with English rivals Chelsea in the final of the European competition in Baku on Wednesday
Petr Cech has been offered the role of sporting director at Chelsea when he finishes his playing career with Arsenal at the end of the season.