Press conference

'Iwobi has to be demanding of himself'

Iwobi

Alex Iwobi has shown encouraging signs in recent months - and was central to the action as we beat Southampton on Sunday.

But how does Unai Emery rate the Nigeria international's progress this season?

"I am very happy and I think he is working a lot to improve and he has energy, he has quality, he has things to improve. But he can do that," our head coach said.

"For us, we have to be demanding with him and he himself be demanding to improve the things that he can get better at in his qualities.

"When he’s getting into the attacking third, into the box, [he needs] to be calm to decide the last action with assists and scoring more.

"But he is giving us a lot of attacking moments and opening space for other players when they are arriving to the ball."