Emery pleased with Qarabag win
Arsenal boss Unai Emery praised his side's performance as they maintained their 100 per cent record in Europe so far this season with a 3-0 victory over Qarabag on Thursday night.
Goals from Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Emile Smith Rowe and Matteo Guendouzi ensured Arsenal took control of Group E and recorded their eighth straight win in all competitions.
Whilst the performance was sloppt in parts, Emery was nevertheless happy with what he saw form his side in Azerbaijan, saying after the game: "I'm very happy because the opposition was at a good level and with their support, they demanded a lot of us over 90 minutes in the defensive moments.
"For moments, we lost our position in possession but it's good because the team learned to suffer when we needed to.
"The victory is good for our confidence, for our mentality, and it helps us grind out results in difficult matches, to keep our idea to continue to push, to make the counter with the ball.
"When we lost this, I think the team learned to suffer and then show our quality in our moments with our individual quality."
Meanwhile, the Spaniard also dismissed concerns about his side's fitness levels, insisting they are more than happy to have a busy fixture list as they look to continue their strong run.
"For us it's not a problem to play on Thursday and then on Sunday," he insisted.
"We want to play a lot of matches and a lot of competitions. We also want to give them the players the chances, the opportunities to play, to give them confidence, responsibility and rhythm like today for all our players.
"Today, the players who sometimes don't play played, and for us it's very important on Sunday to produce the best performance.
"But then also, maybe, players who played today can play on Sunday too. We can do that with some players."