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Miss me?

"You'll miss me when I'm gone" were one of Arsene Wenger's most famous words. As enigmatic as he was, one thing about him was very clear, his footballing philosophy. Possession based attacking football was Arsenal's approach throughout his 22 year tenure as the gunners' boss. Even though some of it faded away in his final years, Arsenal whenever were on their game, tore apart and dissected any team and won handsomely and with more 'control'. Something that cannot be said and hasn't been seen under Unai Emery's reign for the past year and quarter. Emery talks about control a lot but has failed to establish that on the pitch for the large part of his tenure. The last game that his Arsenal side won and entrenched complete dominion on the opposition was when the gunners beat Bournemouth 5-1 in the premier league way back in March this year. Since then Arsenal have just scraped wins in the premier league and haven't excercised any form of...