Arsenal’s own worst enemy? Themselves. That’s what Olivier Giroud said in an interview, and I’ve got to agree with that. After an important and decisive set of games which included tricky fixtures against Leicester City and Manchester United, the Gunners are found in an extremely difficult position in the title race. One of the biggest […]
January was not the best of months for Arsenal. In a tough set of games against Newcastle United, Liverpool, Stoke City and Chelsea, the Gunners could get only one win and failed to score in two of the games. Coincidentally or not, Mesut Özil didn’t register a goal or an assist in which of those […]
2015 was the best year of Mesut Özil’s career. When you go through his stats in the calendar year (nine goals and 26 assists) you’ll be impressed that it isn’t the year he has got the most assists (2013; he provided 30), but as is often said, numbers don’t show the bigger picture. Since 2015, […]
Even before the start of the 2015/16 season everyone at Arsenal knew this season would be critical; with two consecutive FA Cup triumphs in the bag, a real challenge for the Premier League title was seriously required. If Arsenal are to do that, the club’s biggest stars have to perform – and Mesut Özil, he […]
The Premier League is finally seeing the real Mesut Özil. When Arsenal smashed their club transfer record fee, paying £42.4m to get one of the best & finest players in Europe, the football world was in complete shock. Several players from the Spanish giants disapproved his departure – Sergio Ramos said if he was in […]
As the season goes by, new things are on their road to be discovered. However, Arsenal’s situation in the UEFA Champions League this term has been nothing short of horrible. Two games played, two defeats against Dinamo Zagreb & Olympiacos, with the next fixtures being Bayern München home & away. It doesn’t look any promising, […]
The season has started and it hasn’t been as the majority of Arsenal fans expected. Everyone thought this season we could have a strong and convincing beginning in the league, however the team has been inconsistent and surprisingly struggled to score goals despite a number of powerful and creative players in Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, […]
With the new season under way, a question surrounds the average Arsenal fan’s mind: is this the season of Mesut Özil? Maybe it’s completely simplistic just to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’, but it’s pretty clear that game after game, even though Özil’s been playing considerably well, he’ll still share opinions about his football and then we […]
Mesut Ozil wasn’t available for all of the 2014-15 season, but he still showed moments of brilliance.
How did Mesut Ozil perform toward the end of the season?
Mesut Ozil Stats returns with another monthly report, on this occasion for May and June.
Mesut Özil has had a stunning April and his performances throughout the month have helped Arsenal into the FA Cup final.
We take a look at the statistics behind Özil’s fantastic month.
Mesut Ozil Stats looks back at the month that was for Arsenal and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil. It was a controversial by quality one.