- Sheffield United vs Arsenal's Premier League encounter ended 1-0 in favour of the hosts
- This was Arsenal's second defeat of the season as they missed the chance to go third
- Emery blamed Nicolas Pepe for the chances he missed and urged him to find his scoring boots
Arsenal manager Unai Emery has blamed Gunners' record signing Nicolas Pepe for missing some great chances in the side's Premier League defeat against Sheffield United.
Arsenal subsequently missed a glorious chance to go third on the Premier League table, dropping to fifth behind Chelsea.
Lys Mousset scored the only goal of the match for Sheffield United in the 30th minute as Arsenal recorded their second defeat this term in the English topflight.
Nicolas Pepe, who is yet to score for Arsenal from an open play got the chance to score the first goal in this game, but the Ivorian fluffed the chance.
“The chance for us, for Pepe, was the key. Because if they score the first goal, defensively they are a very strong team. Pepe is improving but the next step for him is to score," Unai Emery explained according to UK Sun.
“Usually he is going to score chances like that, but tonight he didn’t take his chance,'' he added.
Meanwhile, the former Lille star will have another chance to win Emery's faith back when Arsenal take on Vitoria de Guimaraes in Europa League on Thursday, October 24.
