Arsenal beat Huddersfield this weekend and with that, the Gunners have now stretched their unbeaten run to 21 games under their new boss.
Unai Emery’s big job this season was to take back the club into Champions League football and to be very honest it looked like an uphill task during the first couple of weeks of the season.
But since then the Gunners have developed into a top quality side and they now look very much capable of finishing in the top four of the Premier League.
But what is so different about Arsenal this season as compared to some of the previous seasons when they played under Arsene Wenger?
Former Everton player Kevin Kilbane believes he has the answer to this question claiming the Arsenal players were often arrogant under their old boss – something that is not happening under Unai Emery.
“Arsenal have started to win the fans back and perhaps a little respect in the game,” he told the Mail.
“Arsenal used to be the club to aspire to but I lost a lot of respect for them when I used to play against them under Arsene Wenger.
“That is not necessarily a criticism of the former Arsenal manager, who is quite a humble man, but there was an arrogance and petulance among his players which was encouraged from top to bottom of the club.”
“If Premier League managers want to know how to conduct themselves at the end of a hard-fought derby win, they need look no further than Arsenal manager Unai Emery,” he said.
“The Gunners had just secured a very good and very important 4-2 win at the Emirates over Spurs. And at the final whistle, he simply walked across to opposite number Mauricio Pochettino, shook his hand and walked down the tunnel.
“Emery left his players to go over and celebrate with the Arsenal supporters, rather than making it all about him. It is refreshing to see.
“There was a lot of fuss and furore over Jurgen Klopp running on the pitch after Divock Origi’s Merseyside derby winner to embrace keeper Alisson, whose clever decision to sprint 40 yards to play the free-kick to Trent Alexander-Arnold had a key part in the goal.
“To an extent, you would be disappointed if Klopp didn’t go nuts. I like the way he and Liverpool handled the whole thing. He apologised, laughed at himself, admitted the FA charge and paid the fine.
“But if I was Everton manager Marco Silva, I would not be happy.
“And if I was on the opposition bench and I saw that, I would have been absolutely raging.”
