There was no dream start for Unai Emery in his first match as Arsenal manager.

The Gunners were given a terribly unlucky draw in the fixtures and were made to contend with reigning champions Manchester City on the opening weekend.

In the end, Pep Guardiola's move proved to be a class above and ensured the home side never gained too much momentum.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the first-half, before a superb strike from Bernardo Silva killed off a brief Arsenal resurgence after the break.

In many ways, it gave Arsenal fans a feeling of deja vu and reminded many of the kind of performances they saw under Arsene Wenger in recent years.

Arsenal 0-2 Man City

Emery has only been in the job for a matter of months and much of the same team remains, but there were few moments of inspiration to indicate a clear change in Arsenal.

There was even criticism in the media concerning the nature of Emery's style of football and the ineffectiveness of playing out from the back against City.

Overall, it has created a surprising air of negativity around the Emirates Stadium just one game into the season and things aren't helped by their next game proving a trip to Stamford Bridge.

Arsenal fan's impactful tweet

It makes for a baptism of fire for Emery and patience will be running thin as he tried to get a grip on the situation at Arsenal.

Nevertheless, it's important for supporters to be patient with the new regime and realise that Emery is not only implementing change but moving away from 22 years of tradition.

And one Arsenal fan has summed up why Gooners should remain positive better than most this week.

Twitter user @SuperAuba is gathering engagement by the minute with his comparison to how Guardiola - Emery's opposite number on Sunday - did during his first season in England.

It shows exactly why the overreaction to the defeat should stop - check it out below:

It's no surprise why they've accumulated so many 'likes,' they've made a very good point.

Guardiola has even admitted in the past that he feared the sack at Man City, something that seems unthinkable given his almost omnipotent status in the Premier League now.

As a result, there is very little ground on which to judge Emery and especially considering he was dealt such a cruel hand with the fixtures.

The man himself reflected after his Premier League bow: "The result was 2-0 but I think on the pitch over the 90 minutes we were getting better.

"The first half we didn't play like we wanted. We spoke at half-time about taking more responsibility for the second half, to do a little more. We wanted to build with the ball and break their lines. I think in the second half we played more like we want."

It didn't work out against City but don't judge him quite yet.

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