Unai Emery's Villarreal have pulled off a shock result and eliminated Bayern Munich from the Champions League. The Spanish outfit managed to beat Bayern in their home leg a week ago and a 1-1 draw in Munich was enough to secure their semi-final qualification tonight 2-1 on aggregate.
The quarter-final victory means they will meet either Liverpool or Benfica in the next round, with Jurgen Klopp's side currently leading proceedings 3-1. With a home leg to play on Wednesday, you'd expect the Merseyside outfit to get through quite comfortably.
Emery has continued his prolific run in Europe, however. The four-time UEFA Europa League winner is now looking to go one step better by creating history with Villarreal.
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But the victory against Bayern has inevitably sparked another debate - this time amongst Arsenal fans. Emery was sacked by the north London club in 2019 after just 18 months in charge, but some - especially those who don't trust the process under Mikel Arteta - think he should've been given more time to make his mark.
It seems as though fans are fairly split on whether it was the right decision to let him go. Some think he's a great coach but he wasn't right for Arsenal. Meanwhile, others think that he was a far better man to choose than Arteta. Let's take a look at some of what's been said on social media site, Twitter.
@That_Guy441 said: "Emery can’t manage big players, that’s why he didn’t succeed at PSG and Arsenal. Look at his league position."
@jesshoskingx said: "Emery just didn’t fit the broken system at arsenal."
@thealwayneallen said: "Arsenal must be watching Unai Emery work miracles with Villarreal and be ripping their hair out."
@LilZan5 said: "Arsenal conceded 31 chances at Watford under emery, maybe he just learnt from that experience and grew as a manager."
@Michael_Grigs26 said: "He never would’ve worked there they wanna play expansive football at arsenal Emery is a low block manager but an elite won them second tier la liga clubs are his type of clubs."
@OlisaOsega said: "If Emery was managing Arsenal this season, maybe we could have won the EPL."
@Mta_1991 said: "Ite let's not act like Emery was actually good for Arsenal lool. He's doing his thing at Villareal and more life to him for that."
@mogulwoman said: "Why did Arsenal sack emery sef?"
It's probably still too early to know whether it was the right decision or not to employ Arteta instead of Emery, but for now, it's worth applauding the latter for a phenomenal performance for the Yellow Submarine.
