Kieran Tierney has said it is down to the players on the pitch to fix Arsenal’s ongoing problems as he backed Unai Emery to guide the team out of their current slump.

Arsenal surrendered a lead for the fourth consecutive match in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Vitoria SC in the Europa League, conceding a stoppage-time equaliser barely 10 minutes after Shkodran Mustafi’s opener.

Emery’s side have now gone four matches without a win during a difficult few weeks in which Granit Xhaka has been stripped of the captaincy following his remarkable outburst towards his own supporters.

The disappointing run of results has increased the pressure on Emery, who takes his side to face Leicester City this weekend, but Tierney has insisted the responsibility of reversing their slide lies with the squad as he praised the head coach for making him a better player.

“It is up to us as players to correct it on the pitch,” said Tierney, who joined Arsenal from Celtic this summer. “For me, he [Emery] has been brilliant since I have come in. I have learned a lot every day, playing with great players.