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It appears to be a case of one step forward, two steps back for Arsenal this season.
Last weekend’s excellent performance and a 1-0 win over Manchester United were followed by a sad 3-0 loss at home to Aston Villa on Sunday.
‘Dismal’ is probably being generous too.
Mikel Arteta’s team didn’t even seem to score during the 90 minutes and deserved to leave empty handed.
The loss also brought up a rather alarming statistic.
It has been six hours and 26 minutes since Arsenal last scored an open-play goal in the Premier League.
That happened during the 2-1 win over Sheffield United on October 4.
Since then, Arsenal have lost 1-0 to Manchester City and Leicester, beat Man Utd 1-0 thanks to a Pierre-Emerick Aubemayang penalty and now lost 3-0 to Villa.
If only they had a playmaker capable of unlocking opponents’ defenses and providing opportunities for players like Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette on a regular basis.
Of course, they already do, but he has not been named to the club’s Premier League roster.
We are talking about Mesut Ozil.
The German, who makes £ 350,000 a week in salaries, was left out of Arsenal’s Premier League and Europa League teams for the 2020/21 season.
Instead, he has become something of a cheerleader on social media during Arsenal matches.
There wasn’t much to cheer on during Arsenal’s loss to Aston Villa, but fans took notice of their activity on Twitter during the game.
Ozil was “liked” on three tweets during the 3-0 loss and they all had a pretty similar theme.
“#FreeOzil I miss you brother”, read the first
Another said: “Free Mesut Ozil.”
And a third said: “I miss you @ MesutOzil1088”.
He clearly misses playing soccer and appreciated the messages of support during the match.
After being left out of Arsenal’s 25-man Premier League squad, Ozil reacted with an emotional message on Instagram.
He wrote: “I am truly deeply disappointed that I am not signed up for the @premierleague season just yet. By signing my new contract in 2018, I pledged my loyalty and loyalty to the club I love. Arsenal, and it saddens me that this was not reciprocated. As I just discovered, loyalty is hard to come by these days. “
Poor Mesut.
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