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Unai Emery Lauds Nicolas Pepe's Work Ethic After Late Brace Rescues Arsenal in Europa League

Arsenal boss Unai Emery was full of praise for record-signing Nicolas Pepe after the Ivorian scored a pair of ''perfect'' free-kicks in the narrow 3-2 win over Vitoria in the Europa League.

The Gunners were trailing 2-1 when Pepe came on as a substitute in the 74th minute to try and spark what was, up until then, an underwhelming Arsenal performance.

After netting the equaliser with 10 minutes to play, Pepe went on to score the winner in stoppage-time after Matteo Guendouzi was fouled in a central position just outside the area.

His impact drew significant praise from Emery after the game, with the Spaniard also revealing after the game that the former Lille star had been working on set pieces in training.