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title: "Emery not happy about Monday night fixture"
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published: "2018-10-18T19:08:58Z"
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# Emery not happy about Monday night fixture

Arsenal boss Unai Emery claims he doesn’t like not playing at the weekend, having arranged for his side to play a training ground game on Thursday.

The Gunners are due to host Leicester City on Monday at the Emirates Stadium, over two weeks since their last competitive clash against Fulham.

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However Emery was not willing to wait that long to see his players back in action, choosing to field returning internationals to check on their conditional.

Talking in his pre-match press conference, Emery said:

> I prefer to play Saturday or Sunday.

> It \[playing on Monday\] has the advantage of having more time to prepare for the match – that’s one positive.

> But after, we are going to play Thursday \[against Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League\], and we are going to play Sunday also \[against Crystal Palace\], two matches very quickly after Leicester.

Freddie Ljungberg led a youthful side against Emery’s senior squad, where every available first-team squad member played a part. Emery continued:

> The game against Leicester is very big and very difficult.

> Leicester are a very good team and play with a clear identity under Claude Puel.

> They are very competitive, have very good players and we need every single player, and our mentality together to be stronger than in the last match.