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Unai Emery Praises 'Perfect' Nicolas Pepe Free-Kick Double Against Vitoria

Arsenal manager Unai Emery has praised Nicolas Pepe's "perfect" brace of free-kicks in Thursday's 3-2 win over Vitoria Guimaraes.

The Gunners trailed 2-1 when Emery brought Pepe off the bench at the Emirates Stadium in the UEFA Europa League. Pepe netted twice from set pieces, with his second coming deep into added time.

The goals were an insight into why Arsenal paid a club-record £72 million to sign the forward from Lille in the summer; the Ivorian has struggled prior to Thursday's heroics.

After the game, Emery was unsurprisingly delighted to see the winger make such a big impact, per Charlotte Marsh of Sky Sports:

"Every new player usually needs time for adaptation.