The five things Unai Emery needs to do improve Arsenal in September

#3 Start Alexandre Lacazette

Lacazette celebrates his part in Arsenal's second goal vs West Ham

Another surprise has been the benching of Lacazette. The striker seemed to be developing a promising partnership with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but so far Emery has preferred the latter as his number nine.

While neither have yet to score this season, Lacazette has had a notable impact off the bench. He is more effective at holding up the ball and occupying the opposition centre backs than Aubameyang is. This, in turn, helps create more space in midfield for Arsenal to play with.

Aubameyang has a fearsome record as a striker but has found these last three games to be tough going. Missed chances aside, he’s found it difficult to get involved in games and has been asked to contribute more in the build-up than he’s accustomed to.

Lacazette is a more natural fit for the way Arsenal want to play and should return to the starting line-up.

However, this doesn’t have to be at Aubameyang’s expense.