Unai Emery has suggested his critics have short memories after launching an impassioned defence of his Arsenal tenure.
The Spaniard was criticised after his side lost their Premier League game away to Sheffield United on Monday night.
It was just a second defeat of the season across all competitions for the Gunners, but Emery’s pragmatic approach to games has seen some supporters turn against him.
The 47-year-old replaced Arsene Wenger last summer but came up painfully short of securing a return to the Champions League at the end of his first season.
Arsenal finished a point off the Premier League top four and lost the Europa League final to Chelsea, leaving Emery and his players facing another campaign in Europe’s second-tier club competition.
The mentality of his squad was questioned after a 1-0 loss at Bramall Lane, but he hit back when it was put to him that large sections of supporters feel the football he promotes is boring.
“Sometimes we forget the memory and we need to remember,” he said.
“When I arrived here, this team needed to improve on being more competitive. This team in history was winning 1-0 and being very competitive, but it wasn’t enough.
“Then, one process – being competitive and with improved creativity. When I arrived here, the creativity is more or less good, but being competitive was worse. It was not enough.
“I think last year I started to improve being competitive, also more or less creativity with some very good matches playing with that creativity.
“This year we are in that process if only we change one step more, but also with patience because our strategy as a club is some new players, young players, we changed 10 players who were leaving and continuing being competitive.
“We are being competitive. Creativity, maybe we lost something a little, but I know we are going to recover that. There are a lot of supporters with different opinions.
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