Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says that Mesut Ozil has become a better and more balanced player now that he has added goals to his game.
The German international was always known for his magnificent assists record, but his manager is pleased that he has started looking to get himself in more goalscoring positions.
The 27-year-old has only found the back of the net three times this season, but he has been looking more dangerous, and that has pleased his manager.
Wenger said that the German has now begun to change opinions.
What is interesting about Mesut’s game is that he is not only a provider now, he likes to get on the end of the things. What he has added to his game is the runs into the box. He played before like he was not too much obsessed [with scoring] and more by providing, and I think he has a much better balance in his game now, giving, assisting and scoring.
At the start, in the first season, there was a lot of skepticism around him. I think the quality of his performances have turned opinions. He now has the support of everybody who loves Arsenal.
His assists record speaks for itself as well. He’s created 11 goals this term and Wenger feels that despite his squad being full of players who can create chances, it is the former Real Madrid man who is the best provider at Arsenal.
You look at the players who give our assists and you will see who does it. I think the best assist player at the moment is Ozil, but we have many providers. We have Alexis [Sanchez], [Aaron] Ramsey, [Santi] Cazorla – they are all people who can create chances. You could see [Joel] Campbell the other night has given a great assist to Alexis. I think all our players have technical ability to do that.
Ozil will have a great chance to add to both his goalscoring and assist tallies over the next few weeks as Arsenal face relegation battling Norwich City and Sunderland in their next two league games.
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