Arsenal thrashed the Cherries at Emirates with Ozil being in the centre of everybody’s attention. He finally got a starting spot under Emery in the Premier League after a long period without regular football. And the German did not let the manager and team down, repaying the trust right from the start. Ozil broke the deadlock in the debut of the game with a beautiful touch.
“You’ve noticed something about Ozil’s finishing,” host Gary Lineker said, asking Ian Wright about the goal.
“He kicks down on to the ball. He bounces it on purpose,” Wright replied. “He did it against Huddersfield and he kicked down on to it against Bournemouth.
“Instead of chipping it over a keeper he bounces it over him. You can see him telling everyone what he did [while celebrating]. It’s just such a brave finish for someone to do, it’s brilliant. It’s the Ozil.”
Emery told the media he would assess players’ fitness before the clash vs Spurs to make a decision on his starting XI:
“We are speaking and we want to get our identity first, be competitive – and being competitive how? First is being organised with our quality and skills, our combinations with different players in different systems and it depends in each match.
“After is the intensity with the ball and without the ball. The last matches we are doing this. Saturday is the same, but with every player can be okay. This is what we want and I think every player is convinced to do that, and we can use different players in different matches, but the idea is that every player can play with this idea.”