But Emery explained: "He played today higher than normal because I think we could exploit him attacking higher. He got in the opponent box many times but the crosses he did weren't finding the good solutions for our strikers. He wasn't clinical crossing. But I like and appreciate a lot today how he played higher and tried to get again his performances like he had before.
Of course, defensively as well, with more on the left side we were struggling a bit because Sarabia and Semedo had good movement. It's true that when we changed with Lucas (Digne) and (Nicolo) Zaniolo, one reason from me was for it (the struggle) and we did better."
On Nicolo Zaniolo's performance, he added: Yes, he is better, he is completely better. I like to watch him like that. He started the season a little bit with some problems and the adaptation was longer than I expected. But I spoke with him and I can tell him and tell you his performances are completely better and he's close to playing more minutes."