Revealed: Why There is a Lift Between Arsenal’s Unai Emery and Mesut Ozil

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Thursday’s shock Europa League defeat at BATE Borisov was the 100th match out of 313 that Mesut Ozil has missed since joining Arsenal.

So, why is the club’s highest paid and arguably most talented player not being used by Unai Emery?

Mesut Ozil is either surely an undervalued player at the current Emery era or the ex-Sevilla coach is clueless on managing big talents.

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Despite not being involved in the Europa League loss, the playmaker was one of the main talking points in his manager’s post-match news conference.

Ozil and Juventus-bound midfielder Aaron Ramsey did not travel for the game in Belarus, with the absence of the former turning into one of the main talking points in Emery’s post-match media conference.

“Every player is okay to play. Those that were here, we can win with them and we deserved that,” said Emery while defending his decision to leave Ozil.

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“Last week we won and we played with the same players. No different performance. We deserved to win but didn’t get the result. They were very organised.

“We can win with every player and lose with the same players.”

Arsenal have been eliminated from each of their last six two-legged ties in European competition when losing the first leg – the last such tie they managed to reverse was against FC Porto in the Champions League in 2009-10 (6-2 on aggregate).

The Arsenal boss vowed to bounce back after the shock when the two sides face each again at Emirates Stadium next Thursday.

“It’s the first match. We play the next match in London and I think it can be different,” added the Spaniard.

“I trust in our players and in our stadium with our supporters. I trust in our work and preparations to make a different result.

“It is not the result we wanted. We deserved more but they worked for this. Next week is going to be different.”

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