Arsenal hero Emmanuel Petit says the club are lying about Unai Emery's job safety.

The club's hierarchy have stated Emery is not under pressure to keep his job, despite winning just four of 12 Premier League games this season.

He told PaddyPower: "What the club came out and said about Emery's job being safe is not true at all. Everyone knows this, the typical official language clubs send out to the press and fans when things are not going well, when they sense tension.

"This is a political answer and most of the time when I hear officials or shareholders talk like this it's proof for me that they're already thinking about sacking the manager. It's the opposite of what they're saying that might be true."