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Arsenal wasters: Emery inherits unwanted finishing fault from Wenger era

“Are you Wenger in disguise!?”

It is safe to assume that is not a chant Unai Emery was hoping to hear ring out around him just two games into his Arsenal reign, but the Spaniard has been handed a baptism of fire in north London.

Fixture list compilers have done him few favours, with his Premier League teeth having been cut against reigning champions Manchester City and 2016-17 winners Chelsea.

Even the most seasoned of campaigners would have been left fearing the worst if handed such challenges so early in the season, so an English top-flight rookie can be forgiven for having thrashed around a little in the deep end.