“It’s good for everybody in football all over the world to see teams who are not on the biggest budget at the start, that they can compete as well”, he added.
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That is dramatically more than David Silva’s six assists, though the Spanish global has played little over half as many games as his opponent on Monday night in an injury-disrupted campaign for Manchester City’s chief creative force.
Manchester City, on the other hand, have been impressive this season save for one or two stutters on the way- they lost to Stoke city two weeks ago before bouncing back with hard-fought 4-2 and 2-1 wins over Borussia Dortmund and Swansea city respectively.
“It looks to be very tight”, he said.
Özil has played a key role in the north London based side reaching the Champions League Last 16 for the 15th consecutive season.
“They have good technique…”
“If I finish this season winning the Premier League, and in three years winning two Premier Leagues with one runner-up, that is very important. I think he has become an absolutely unbelievable player”.
The Gunners were drawn against the Champions League holders on Monday morning after Arsene Wenger’s men booked their place in the knockout stage thanks to a 3-0 win at Olympiacos in the final group-stage game.
‘But I repeat the same. “For me, I think football is always better to play with the whole stadium”. But I also think we have made a lot of good things – that is why we are the team who are involved in all of the competitions.
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“Arsenal have got nothing to lose going in to that game because nobody expects them to get through, it’s the best opportunity to try and beat Barcelona”.
