Despite this, the French manager has backed his compatriot and refused to be forced into signing someone he did not want.
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Wenger said: “We only got back on Thursday so we will see the players today but we had no injuries after the game”. You want him to be efficient as well but he has improved his link play and that’s very important for our team. “It leaves him level with Tottenham’s Harry Kane and only one behind Romelu Lukaku, the Everton forward who is in the best form of his career”. Although the 27-year-old showed early glimpses of true quality in his first six months at the Emirates Stadium, Ozil has ultimately failed to hit the heavy heights that fans and pundits alike expect of a player with huge talent and creative ability. Alexis Sanchez’s injury may be the most positive injury of all.
In two starts and one substitutes appearance, Walcott has produced one clear goal-scoring chance, has created one assist and has scored two goals from eight shots. Arsenal fought Sunderland tooth and nail for their 3-1 win. However, the Frenchman’s display on Wednesday means since regaining his place in the starting line-up, he has scored 10 goals in 12 matches. None the wiser? Well he is now the chief scout for the current Premier League leaders and huge surprise package of the season Leicester City. Going AWOL in Arsenal’s 5-1 February defeat at Liverpool, a result and performance that ground their title chances to dust, was the apex of how peripheral Ozil can become when his game is off.
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Bar the defence, the midfield and attack of Arsenal have been heavily decimated by injuries and their injury tale for this season is yet similar to previous season.
