Unai Emery admits winning in Europa League will be "very difficult" with Arsenal

Unai Emery admitted that it would be "very difficult" for Arsenal to win the Europa League.

Emery had the magic touch in the competition when he was in Seville while he was winning the trophy three years in a row. This is probably why Arsenal brought it last summer.

It may be Arsenal's best chance to return to the Champions League, but even after crushing BATE Borisov, Emery is reducing his chances this time.

Emery, the boss of the Gunners, who is in Friday's draw for the last 16, said: "We can (win) and maybe if we can say six teams (can win it), one is Arsenal but it's very difficult and a lot of teams want the same thing.

"We need to create a great atmosphere in this competition with our supporters and this feeling can give us more opportunities after our quality and our ability as a team. We must feel stronger with each supporter and create that atmosphere around us.

"I have often won this competition and the last three winners have been Man United, Atletico Madrid and Sevilla. There are many teams that can not play the Champions League like us.[D'yarriver}[Ofgettingthere}[d'yarriver}[ofgettingthere}

"For us, it's a good test and a good challenge to find our way. It's very important to us and it was good for us to come back and get a result here. "

It is easy to understand why Emery is not very optimistic: Valencia, Naples and Villarreal have already pbaded, but Arsenal is far from over.

Even nine months after his appointment, Emery has yet to impose an identity to this team because you still do not know exactly how they are supposed to play and BATE Borisov, a Thursday night, seems to be far from the big nights of the Champions League under Arsene Wenger .

Thirteen years ago, Arsenal forced Real Madrid to qualify for the final. They are now trying to come back from a defeat in the second leg against a mid-break team that went to England last week after being photographed eating. to Burger King at the airport.

It was easy enough. Zakhar Volkov opened the scoring after four minutes, then Shkodran Mustafi and Greek defender Sokratis, back, replaced by Laurent Koscielny, slightly injured in the calf. .

But the match was unobtrusive since it started at 17:55 and the surprise was that 58,812 people showed up, although the official participation includes subscriptions and that there are more empty red seats.

There was a comeback for Mesut Ozil, having been left out in the cold, and Emery praised his performance despite the £ 350,000 a week that was striving to really make his mark well that he made beautiful touches.

Emery added, "He wants it and today he showed us that he wanted it. His wit was good today, his quality, his ability and his skills. We need all the players and today, the way Mesut played is important and positive for us. "