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'We need to make them uncomfortable' - Dundalk boss Giovagnoli reveals plan to upset Arsenal

Dundalk manager Filippo Giovagnoli says that if his side are to stand a chance in the Europa League against Arsenal, they will have to make the Premier League giants feel “uncomfortable”.

The League of Ireland side travel to the Emirates on Thursday for what is, on paper, an incredible mismatch, as the Italian admitted.

Drawing on a boxing analogy, though, he refused to dismiss his side’s chances of causing an upset.

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“We just need to try to make them uncomfortable,” he told the media. “The difference in quality is obvious. What a lightweight can do with a heavyweight is they have to work more.