Goal.com · Dec 14, 2018
Emery prepared to face Arsenal's centre-back crisis
Unai Emery has a plan to address his centre-back shortage when Arsenal travel to Southampton on Sunday.
Captain Laurent Koscielny made his first appearance of the season in Thursday's 1-0 win over Qarabag in the Europa League.
The 33-year-old suffered a ruptured Achilles in May that ruled him out of France's triumphant World Cup campaign.
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Koscielny completed 72 minutes alongside Sokratis Papastathopoulos but the luxury of deploying two specialists at the heart of his defence is not one Emery will enjoy at St Mary's.