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Pepe and Sokratis fire Arteta to first victory as Gunners boss

First-half goals from Nicolas Pepe and Sokratis Papastathopoulos gave Mikel Arteta a first win as Arsenal head coach as the Gunners recorded a comprehensive 2-0 victory at home to Manchester United.

5 things Mikel Arteta will have learned from Arsenal’s draw at Everton

New Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta watched from the Goodison Park stands as the Gunners ground out a goalless draw with Everton in Freddie Ljungberg’s final game as caretaker boss.

Pepe calls on Arsenal players to step up as Arteta speculation builds

Nicolas Pepe insists it is up to the Arsenal players to “wake up” and find a response to a run of just one win from 12 games as he refused to point the finger of blame at interim head coach Freddie Ljungberg.

Arsenal fight back as Freddie Ljungberg celebrates first win at West Ham

Arsenal hit three quickfire goals to seal a 3-1 comeback victory at West Ham and end a nine-match winless run in the process.

Arsenal can cope with ‘very motivated’ Wilfried Zaha – Unai Emery

Unai Emery insists he has the players to cope with Wilfried Zaha as the Crystal Palace winger heads to Arsenal this weekend for the first time since a move to north London failed to materialise.

Nicolas Pepe ready to kick on after explaining tough start to Arsenal career

Nicolas Pepe admits he has struggled to live up to the high expectations of becoming Arsenal’s record signing but praised head coach Unai Emery for trusting in his ability.

‘Perfect’ Pepe spares Gunners’ blushes with Europa League brace

Nicolas Pepe’s match-winning cameo for Arsenal was hailed as “perfect” by Unai Emery as the club-record signing spared the blushes of his head coach.

Unai Emery lauds Nicolas Pepe after stunning free-kicks get Arsenal out of jail

Unai Emery hailed Nicolas Pepe’s match-winning impact as “perfect” after Arsenal’s club-record signing came off the bench to score a brace of free-kicks and see off Vitoria.

Emery calls for same patience with Pepe that Liverpool showed with Fabinho

Unai Emery has revealed Fabinho was a target for Arsenal when he first took charge – and highlighted the Liverpool midfielder as an example of a top player needing time to adjust to life in the Premier League as club-record signing Nicolas Pepe continues to struggle.

Unai Emery urges record signing Nicolas Pepe to embrace the pressure at Arsenal

Unai Emery has called on club-record signing Nicolas Pepe to thrive on the pressure that comes with his hefty price tag and has backed the forward to enjoy a long career at Arsenal.

Pepe still has plenty to do, admits Arsenal boss Emery

Nicolas Pepe is doing individual training work to help him adapt to life at Arsenal.

Lacazette injury hits Arsenal but Emery will invest in youth

Arsenal will be without forward Alexandre Lacazette until October due to injury, but boss Unai Emery is more than happy to keep giving opportunities to the younger members of his squad.

Lacazette blow for Arsenal as striker faces time out with ankle injury

Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette will be sidelined until October with an ankle injury.

Arsenal boss Emery could unleash triple threat against Tottenham

Unai Emery has teased the possibility that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Nicolas Pepe can all be in the same starting line-up.

David Luiz determined to ‘fight for Premier League title’ at Arsenal

David Luiz insists Arsenal can bridge the gap to the Premier League’s top two.

We can still do better, says Henderson as Reds blow away Gunners

Liverpool emphatically extended their 100 per cent record to remain top of the Premier League, but for captain Jordan Henderson there are still areas for improvement.

Arsenal boss Emery could be tempted to hand Pepe first start

Arsenal head coach Unai Emery has hinted he could hand club-record signing Nicolas Pepe his first start as the Gunners travel to face Liverpool this weekend.