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Arsenal boss Emery insists no underestimating Southampton

Arsenal boss Unai Emery says there'll be no underestimating Southampton this weekend.

Emery admits he's been impressed by Nathan Redmond this season.

He said, "My focus is to think on the best performance and be prepared to battle them with a. Good moment in each match. Against Man City they played a very good match and we are going to give the best performance with Redmond, Ings and their strong midfielder so we will have to work and battle their best team.

"First is the respect to them and after is to keep the confidence in our capacity. That is improving and doing one step more, playing with our characteristic and improving and being efficient individually and collectively. That is our focus and our challenge. Above all it is about our performance and our connection with the supporter.s I know there can be some doubt in this moment, but I am convinced on Saturday it will change and that match is very important.

"Getting three points is 100% our focus but above all we need to connect with our supporters while playing better and being in control of the games in 90 minutes with our personality and we need to do that at Emirates on Saturday, hopefully. I've been speaking with the players to change that and during the week it was very good in how they responded in the training sessions to achieve and start again a new situation for us."

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