Mesut Ozil vindicating Mikel Arteta's decision to build Arsenal side around him - The News

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For any copyright, please send me a message.  He is emerging as the symbol of the Mikel Arteta revolution.   Mesut Ozil’s performance in Arsenal ’s 2-0 win over Manchester United was among the midfielder’s best for 18 months.  The former Germany midfielder played the entire 90 minutes and completed 42 of his 49 attempted passes.  Seven of those were key passes in the final third, leading to chances for his Arsenal team-mates.  Most telling of all, however, Ozil won possession back from United 10 times – his most in a Premier League game for three years and more than any other player on the Emirates pitch.  All that a day after BBC Radio 5 live pundit John Collins dismissed the 31-year-old as “lazy” and a liability.  It is still, of course, early days, but Ozil’s display against United appeared to vindicates Arteta’s belief that he could yet be the man around whom the new Arsenal boss builds his team.  It also comes with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang revealing the club’s second clean sheet in four – after one in 15 – had come as a result of Arteta telling the squad what he wanted.  “As soon as he got here, he put things on the table,” said Aubameyang. “He made it clear what he expected from us and that it was non-negotiable. Everyone has to work. Everyone wanted to make an effort because we have pride too. We wanted to regain the taste for victory and please our supporters.”   Ozil had impressed in Arsenal’s games against Bournemouth and Chelsea . But former Monaco and Scotland midfielder Collins remained unconvinced.  He said earlier this week: “He (Arteta) did get Ozil working harder than he’s ever worked but leopards never change their spots.  “That will be a short-term thing for Ozil because his natural instinct is to be lazy, it’s not to have an instant sprint back, chasing back – it’s not in his DNA.”  But former Arsenal defender Lee Dixon said: “He was back to the Mesut that we all want to see. I’ve been the most critical of Ozil as my game was built on hard work. He’s doing the same tricks but if it doesn’t work there’s protection now.”  The victory was Arsenal’s first in the Premier League this season against a team currently in the top half of the table.  Aubameyang added: “It’s a new year that begins. It’s good to start with a victory and hopefully that gives us strength for the future.  “We were in a hurry, we knew that we were not far from winning this match, which was going to be good for us. It’s a very good thing, we’re very happy and now we’re focused on the future.”  Defender Sokratis Papasthathopoulos, one of the goalscorer against United, said: “We have started again, I think we have a lot of space to improve. The second half we didn’t play like the first but I think every game we are getting