Unai Emery has indicated he does not intend to divide his Arsenal squad into Premier League regulars and Europa League fringe men.

The Gunners kick off at Newcastle on Saturday aiming for a third successive victory following opening month defeats by Manchester City and Chelsea.

The trip north is followed by Thursday night's Europa League curtain-raiser at home to Vorskla Poltava, currently seventh in the Ukrainian league and opponents few Gunners fans had even heard of before the group stage draw.

Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Show all 23 1 /23 Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings We run the rule over the two teams Arsenal FC via Getty Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Neil Etheridge - 7/10 Had defenders making errors in front of him, particularly in the first half but he made some good saves and interceptions. Enjoyed a good start to the season. REUTERS Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Bruno Ecuele Manga - 6 Was a reasonable performance but he did make a few sliced clearances and didn’t look as comfortable as his fellow full-back. Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Sean Morrison - 6 Made a few uncharacteristic errors with the ball at his feet which led to a few dangerous situations but was also a threat himself going forward. Set up Cardiff’s second equaliser. Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Sol Bamba - 6 Strong performance as usual but like the rest of the defenders, he’ll have better days. Arsenal FC via Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Joe Bennett - 7 Was probably the most composed of all the defenders at the actual art of defending but also sent in some good crosses, as well as the one that tee’d up Camarasa for the goal. AFP/Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Victor Camarasa - 7 Tenacious player and scoring Cardiff’s first goal of the season is worthy of any good rating. It was a smashing goal too, right on the cusp of half time. Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Harry Arter - 6 Missed two very good opportunities so hard to give him such a good rating but was still his normal dogged self in midfield and didn’t give Arsenal a moment’s peace. Arsenal FC via Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Joe Ralls - 7 Sent in some good crosses from free-kicks and was strong in midfield. Had a big say in Cardiff’s better moments. REUTERS Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Junior Hoilett - 7 Really good performance for the left-side of Cardiff and Hoilett, like Bennett, sent in a number of testing crosses but also helped on the defensive side. AFP/Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Bobby Reid - 6 Was probably the better of the two strikers in an overall sense, trying to create and run at Arsenal’s defence but it didn’t always go to plan. Some of his decisions in the final third were somewhat questionable. REUTERS Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Danny Ward - 7 Will have been disappointed in the first half that he didn’t take his opportunity in the starting XI but improved in the second half and netted Cardiff’s second equaliser with a wonderfully placed header. Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Petr Cech - 5 I’m sorry Petr but it’s very hard to give a good rating when distribution is so consistently poor. What he’s being requested to do is how some teams choose to play at the moment but there’s no getting away from the fact it does not suit Cech at the moment. They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks and there’s no denying that he’s trying but it will no doubt cause more issues for the side. REUTERS Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Hector Bellerin - 6 Typical Bellerin performance where he looked to offer a lot more going forward than he did in his defensive duties. To be fair to him, Ozil didn’t give him much help. Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Sokratis Papastathopoulos - 6 Neither of the Arsenal centre halves seem to be assured defenders and they certainly had their wobbles today. Arsenal FC via Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Shkodran Mustafi - 6 Like Sokratis, you don’t have full confidence in Mustafi to dominate his defensive line but he did score a smashing header in the first half. Arsenal FC via Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Nacho Monreal - 6 Got sucked in for Cardiff’s equaliser and wasn’t his same self going forward. REUTERS Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Matteo Guendouzi - 7 Looks young and fresh and is bound to make some errors in his journey but looks a more assured figure, even in his youth, than Xhaka. REUTERS Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Granit Xhaka - 6 Talk of the devil. Very frustrating player because he has talent as we can see with his assist for the Gunners’ first goal but he also gave an incredibly sloppy pass away which led to Cardiff’s first equaliser. Not reliable. Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Mesut Ozil - 6 Not particularly helpful in a defensive sense, not that that comes as any surprise to anyone, but he did link up well with Aubameyang and Lacazette up front. REUTERS Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Aaron Ramsey - 7 Made some nice touches and crosses despite getting a warning of rough treatment pre-game from Neil Warnock. Looked comfortable back at his old home. REUTERS Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 7 Was shifted out wide for today with Lacazette taking the more central berth and the first half didn’t go his way with touches going awry but it came together in the second half with him scoring his first goal of the season, and a great one at that. Getty Images Cardiff vs Arsenal - player ratings Alexandre Lacazette - 8 A really top performance from the Frenchman who led the line well, had some fantastic touches, assisted Arsenal’s second and scored the winning goal. Will definitely be hoping to keep his place in the starting XI. PA

Whereas former manager Arsene Wenger may have wrung the changes for such a fixture – the likes of Olivier Giroud, Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere, all of whom left in the summer, were all limited to European starts last season – Emery has said he won't be following suit.

As the most successful manager in the short history of the Europa League, having led Sevilla to an unprecedented three successive victories in the competition in 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Spaniard made it clear he won't be treating the competition lightly.

"I have proven with my experience to know the best way to manage the players," he said. "Now it is very important for me to think first about the match against Newcastle - we need to win the three points and then think the same for the Europa League.

"My first idea is not to change 11 players for one competition and the next competition. Each match is giving us information for how we can play. Now I want to win Saturday, I want to win Thursday, next Sunday and against Brentford. It is the reason we are looking forward to playing every match and thinking every match about the best performance."

With Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City having made strong starts, Arsenal fans could be forgiven for already regarding the Europa League as the best bet to get back in the Champions League.

Emery's Sevilla saw off Benfica, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool in each final and the 46-year-old outlined his blueprint for success in the competition.

"The first thing is to work hard," he said. "When we played in the final against Liverpool for Liverpool it was very important because they lost in the Premier League the top four, and they needed it to go into the Champions League. We won.

Unai Emery is the most successful manager in the short history of the Europa League (Getty)

"Manchester United played in it also. They got into the Champions League through into this competition. The last year for Arsenal was very, very important. We lost in the semi-finals to Atletico Madrid. The Europa League can help a lot. After the Champions League, the Europa League is the most important competition. If teams cannot play in the Champions League, it is very important."

Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez won the Europa League during his short stay at Chelsea in 2013 but now faces nothing but a battle against relegation.