Arsenal news: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is short of confidence admits Unai Emery

Arsenal’s record signing was kept quiet by Manchester City on opening day before enduring a game to forget against Chelsea last weekend

Arsenal head coach Unai Emery has admitted Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is running low on confidence after a difficult start to the new season — but has backed the 29-year-old to “find goals” in the coming weeks.

Aubameyang, Arsenal’s record signing, was kept quiet by Manchester City on the first weekend of the season before enduring a game to forget against Chelsea.

He was guilty of spurning a fine chance to level the game early in the first-half — ballooning the ball well over the bar when unmarked with the entire goal at his mercy — with Chelsea doubling their lead just moments later. The 3-2 defeat consigned Arsenal to their second consecutive defeat this season.

And Emery has acknowledged Aubameyang is short of confidence after the difficult start.

“Aubameyang needs to find the confidence, then to score and another to score,” Emery said.

“The striker, they need, I know a lot of strikers in my career and it’s about the moment, they need the moment, and he’s the same.

“But I’m sure now that Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Danny Welbeck, they will do more goals in here, for us, in Arsenal. The second line players did very good against Chelsea but also the strikers they are going to do more than other players.

“I want on the pitch, the first attacking player is out goalkeeper and the first defender is the striker. If we work together, they are going to find their quality on the pitch and the striker will do it in goals.”

Aubameyang made an immediate impact after signing from Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund last season — scoring ten goals in his first 13 Premier League appearances — and Emery has insisted it won’t take the striker long to find the net again.

Aubameyang has endured a difficult start to the season (REUTERS)

“Last year, Aubameyang scored goals here and for that I spoke with him more times and I have given him my confidence with his work,” he added.

“He is going to find goals. The first six months for him here is good and he was doing goals last year and for that I am sure he is going to do the same this time.”