For Unai Emery the theme of the evening was the perfect 10. It is now 10 victories on the spin in all competitions for his energetically developing Arsenal – seven of them in the Premier League – and the manager owed it all to the maestro in the No 10 shirt.
Mesut Özil had one of those games in which everything comes off for him and he was a joy to watch. When he was withdrawn towards the end, after scoring one and playing a central role in Arsenal’s other two – tapped home by the substitute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – he received a stirring ovation. For the first time in his Arsenal career, Özil had worn the captain’s armband from the outset. How it inspired him.
Written by David Hytner at the Emirates Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/22/arsenal-leicester-city-premier-league-match-report under the title “Mesut Özil orchestrates Arsenal in full flow to quench Leicester’s fire”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
