Unai Emery faces fresh speculation over his future as Arsenal manager after his side were beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt in front of a sparse Emirates Stadium crowd.

A 2-1 Europa League reverse means the Gunners are now winless in their last seven games, with Emery seemingly clinging to his job as other names continue to be linked with the post.

The Spaniard named a fairly strong side as he went in search of a much-needed win, recalling Granit Xhaka for his first appearance since being stripped of the captaincy for swearing at supporters, and naming Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in attack.

Aubameyang put Arsenal ahead only for Daichi Kamada to strike twice in nine second-half minutes, having scored only once in his last 27 appearances.

"We controlled the game in the first half, we scored one goal. In the second half we started the same, we needed to score a goal but we lost the control of the game after 15 minutes and they scored two goals.

"I think we improved in the first half and we improved also some things to make sure of our improvement and take the three points."

Despite the defeat, Arsenal are all but through to the Europa League knockout stages and would need to lose by five goals at Standard Liege next month to fail to qualify.

But, given the mounting pressure on Emery and his apparent inability to stop such a damaging run of results, it remains to be seen if the 48-year-old will be in charge when the round of 32 rolls around in February.