Petr Cech says he enjoys Emery tactics despite critics of his display vs Man City

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech insists he likes working under new boss Unai Emery despite criticism of his performance against Manchester City.

The Arsenal stopper endured a difficult afternoon at the Emirates as Arsenal were comfortably beaten by champions Manchester City 2-0.

The ‘keeper misplaced several passes during the game and almost scored a disastrous own goal when trying to pass across his box to Shkodran Mustafi only to see the ball roll narrowly past the post.

However, the former Chelsea stopper insists that he has enjoyed playing under Unai Emery so far and is happy to play the ball out from the back in order to create attacks from deep.

“I have to say that I enjoy it because I played under different managers with different styles and over most of my career I was always asked to play long, so this is a pleasant change for me,” said Cech.

“It will be very useful when you want to beat a team who controls the game through possession.

“You need to create the superiority in the back when you build up and obviously today they are very used to playing a high press and they did it very well.

“At times they put us under pressure but I think we did pretty well over the course of the game.”

Cech thinks that it is only a matter of time before the Gunners adapt to the new style implemented by Emery and asked the fans to show patience while the team adjust.

“I think they have to understand that when you start building a new team with a new manager and a completely new way it may take time,” he said.

“But I think we have been doing really well and we need to adjust a few things but I think we are on a good way.

“Obviously, today we faced probably the biggest favourite to win the title, next week we have another big game but we will be better prepared because we have this game behind us.

“I believe we pushed them (City) more than Chelsea did in the Community Shield.”

Arsenal face another difficult game next weekend when they travel across the capital to take on Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea.

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