ARSENAL head coach Unai Emery should be encouraged to follow Pep Guardiola’s blueprint at Manchester City, says Ray Parlour, Skysports reports.

Arsenal have lost their first two Premier League matches this season – a 2-0 loss at home to City and a 3-2 defeat at Chelsea.

Emery likes to start his play from the back – something Guardiola introduced to City when he came to the club in 2016 – and Parlour feels the Arsenal boss could use his compatriot’s success as an example to his players.

He said,  “I know he (Emery) is trying to play out from the back. There were occasions during the Manchester City game especially when it wasn’t working.

“And they are trying to play out like the manager said but as a football player you have to make the right decision and if it isn’t on – you go a bit longer.

“It’s the right way to play, (Pep) Guardiola has cracked it. He knew he had a problem with the goalkeeper and he addressed it with Ederson.

“He had a problem with the right-back, he addressed it with Kyle Walker, so maybe Emery has to go through some sort of situation as him.

“He needs to find out what his players can do and if they can’t do what he wants them to do, he may have to change some p  ersonnel and find the players who do that because that is the way he wants to play.”

Arsenal face West Ham at the Emirates on Saturday with both sides looking for their first points of the season and Parlour believes, despite the defeats, there are positives to take from Emery’s managerial style.