Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi says that he is enjoying his time at Arsenal under Unai Emery. The Nigerian has said that ever since Emery took over, he has become a better player than he was under Arsene Wenger.
Iwobi said, “It’s benefiting me a lot more. It’s making me feel a bit sharper, I’m doing things with a bit more intensity. It’s not just for me, though, I feel like I’m helping the team a lot more.”
About Unai Emery’s arrival at Arsenal, Iwobi said, “It’s exciting times to be fair. Everybody’s enjoying and buying into the new ideas. For me personally, I’m enjoying the new sessions, the new training methods and the new ideas, so I’m enjoying my time with him. He demands a lot. He’s a lot more intense, a lot of high pressing and keeping the ball so that it benefits us if we have the ball. It’s good for us, especially the attackers who like to have the ball a lot.”
Alex Iwobi also said that it would not be easy to get plenty of playing time under Emery. He said, “Whenever something in the system changes, you have to prove yourself again. But wherever you go, you have to prove that you’re better than whoever else is on the team. At a team like Arsenal, that’s always going to be hard, so I always have to be on it in training and matches.
I’ve got to be different. It’s going to be hard because we’ve got so many attackers and so many world-class players, so I’ve just got to prove that I’m on that level or as good as them so that I can be ahead of them, which is my aim.”
Arsenal play their next league match against West Ham on Saturday.
