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In Pictures: Unai Emery's 18 months at Arsenal

Unai Emery has been sacked by Arsenal following a run of seven games without a win.

The 48-year-old Spaniard took charge at the Emirates Stadium in May 2018 and here, the PA news agency looks at his reign as Gunners boss in pictures.

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Unai Emery is unveiled as Arsenal manager in May 2018 alongside the club's then chief executive Ivan Gazidis (PA Archive/PA Images)
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Arsenal lost Emery's first Premier League game in charge at home, 2-0 to Manchester City (Nick Potts/PA)
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Arsenal manager Unai Emery in the 1-0 win over Qarabag in December 2018 (Adam Davy/PA)
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Emery was known for passionate gestures on the touchline (Yui Mok/PA)
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Emery during the Premier League match against Tottenham at Wembley in March 2019, which ended a 1-1 draw (John Walton/PA)
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Arsenal were beaten 3-1 by Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool in August 2019 (Anthony Devlin/PA)
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Arsenal lost 1-0 to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane in October (Danny Lawson/PA)
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Emery's last Premier League game in charge of Arsenal was the 2-2 draw against Southampton on November 23 (Yui Mok/PA)
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Emery shakes hands with Alexandre Lacazette during what turned out to be his last training session at Arsenal's London Colney training ground (John Walton/PA)
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Emery's last game for Arsenal was the 2-1 home defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday (Adam Davy/PA)

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