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Arsenal 4 Norwich 1 : Match Report & Post Match Reaction from Wenger and the Arsenal Players

19th October 2013 by Jeff @ArsenalTrend

German playmaker Mesut Ozil justified his status as Arsenal's most expensive player, scoring twice as the Gunners showed great offensive power and extended its lead in the English Premier League to two points.

Mesut Ozil goals keep Arsenal top of the Premier League table with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Norwich City at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Arsenal are now unbeaten in 12 games in all competitions.

Jack Wilshere teed up the win with his opener, but another man of the moment, Aaron Ramsey, made sure that his midfield colleagues did not steal all the headlines as he carried on his red-hot form with another goal. Transformed from the opening day of the season, when they lost 3-1 at home to Aston Villa, the Gunners have remained unbeaten since.

Wilshere scored his second goal in as many games when he struck in the first half and Ozil got on the goal trail with a second-half header. At times Norwich had rare skirmishes in the Arsenal half and went close through Robert Snodgrass and Lee Martin.Jonny Howson eventually found a way past home goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to grab a consolation and set up a tense final 20 minutes, but Ramsey and Ozil had the final say. The early groundwork for the victory had to be done without Ramsey, Arsenal's player of the month for the third time in a row, as he was rested.

Spanish playmaker Santi Cazorla was drafted in alongside Wilshere and German star Ozil in an attacking trio full of flair and creativity. With a team crammed full of international midfielders, there was little wonder that Arsene Wenger's side spent the majority of their time camped in Norwich's half. Still, visiting goalkeeper John Ruddy was not tested as much as Wenger would have liked, as his side initially did a lot of work in midfield without any end product.




Right-back Bacary Sagna was allowed space and time to get down the flank past Martin Olsson, only to either overhit a cross or watch it cleared away. A change of approach was needed, and as soon as the Gunners went through the middle, they broke the deadlock.Cazorla carried the ball forward before picking out Wilshere in space just on the edge of the 18-yard box. In turn the England ace played a neat one-two with striker Olivier Giroud before coolly tucking the ball past Ruddy from the Frenchman's flick.


With Norwich struggling to get a foothold in the game, the only disappointment for Arsenal was the sight of midfielder Mathieu Flamini departing after a 30th-minute clash of heads with Alexander Tettey. Ramsey took his place.

As Arsenal pushed for a second, Ruddy showed his England credentials when he made a reaction save at his near post as Giroud attempted to turn home Kieran Gibbs's cross from the left.

Russell Martin fired wide of Arsenal's goal soon after the interval in a warning shot for the hosts.

However, within 10 minutes, the Gunners had doubled their lead as Giroud's cross was met by Ozil and he buried a header past Ruddy to calm the nerves of the home fans.

They were on the edge of their seats again in the 70th minute, however, when Howson drilled home from just inside the box after Per Mertesacker failed to clear an Elliott Bennett cross. It fell to the in-form Ramsey to put the game to bed with seven minutes to go, jinking into the box and slamming home his 11th goal of what is turning into a remarkable season.

Ozil added his second of the day in the 88th minute as Arsenal fired another warning shot to the rest of the league. Its indeed the right momentum to have ahead of crucial Champions League game against Borrusia Dortmund on Tuesday. 





Team Line Ups 

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Flamini (Ramsey 37), Wilshere, Ozil, Cazorla (Rosicky 59), Giroud (Bendtner 78)

Subs not used: Vermaelen, Monreal, Fabianski, Jenkinson.

Goals: Wilshere 18, Ozil 58, Ramsey 83, Ozil 88.

Subs not used: Whittaker, Johnson,Bunn, Becchio, Ryan Bennett.Norwich: Ruddy, Martin, Turner, Bassong, Olsson, Tettey (Hoolahan 79), Snodgrass,Howson, Fer, Pilkington (Redmond 70), Hooper.

Goals: Howson 70

Attendance: 60,009

Referee: Lee Probert

Match Facts Via Opta

Jack Wilshere's scored his first goal in the Premier League for the first time at the Emirates. 

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Mesut Ozil now has two goals and three assists in five Premier League appearances.

Arsenal have collected more points (59) and more wins (18) in the PL in 2013 than any other side.

Aaron Ramsey has now scored six goals in his last seven appearances for Arsenal.  

Aaron Ramsey Reaction

"That's what we've suffered with in the last few seasons - being quite slow to start," he added.

"But we've come out of the blocks after the first game, which was a big upset for us. We've started off really well and bounced back since then.

"The confidence is high. Everyone's playing with a smile on their face and enjoying themselves. We're happy to be back at the top of the league and hopefully we can stay there for a long time now."




Arsene Wenger Reaction

We scored a fantastic first goal," said Wenger. "It's a combination of skill, speed of reaction, and coolness in front of goal. I think it will travel a lot and be seen by many people.

"It was one of the best I've seen, a mixture of technical quality and quick thinking. All the goals were great, but the first was exceptional."



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Arsenal 3 Stoke 1 Match Highlights & Post Match Reaction

Published 24th September By ArsenalSupremo

Arsenal continued their fine run of form and returned to the top of the Premier League with a 3 1 win over Stoke at the Emirates Stadium. Things couldn't of started better as in the 4th minute of the game, the man in form Aaron Ramsey scored from a rebound after the Stoke keeper Begovic parried away Özil's free kick.

Cameron scored for Stoke in the 36th minute which silenced the crowd, however goals from unlikely goal scorers Per Mertesacker and Bacary Sagna  both from set pieces sealed the win.

Team Line Up's 

Arsenal (4-3-2-1): Szczesny , Sagna , Mertesacker , Koscielny , Gibbs ; Flamini , Wilshere  (Monreal 73), Ramsey , Gnabry  (Ryo 73), Ozil  (Arteta 81); Giroud.

Subs not used: Vermaelen, Viviano, Bendtner, Jenkinson

Stoke (4-3-2-1): Begovic 5; Cameron 6, Shawcross 6, Huth 6, Pieters 5 (Palacios 67); Wilson 6, N'Zonzi 6, Adam 6 (Ireland 59, 5); Walters 5, Arnautovic 6; Jones 6 (Pennant 75).

Subs not used: Whelan, Crouch, Etherington, Crouch, Sorensen

Referee: Mike Dean

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Is Mesut Özil the man to fire Arsenal to the title this season?

Published 16th September 2013 By Hássan Gülzár @HassGeee

Arsenal fans have been made to wait two months, but their first marquee signing of the summer was worth it. Having already missed out on stellar strikers Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez and Wayne Rooney, Arsene Wenger appears to have finally found some joy with another midfielder. But never mind, the capture of Real Madrid’s Mesut Ozil is just cause for giddiness among the Gunners faithful.

After batting away persistent questioning and vitriol all summer, Wenger and Co. have finally come up trumps with their spanking-new ’No.10’’ With the Spanish giants signing Gareth Bale and Isco this summer, the talented German has become the sacrificial lamb for Carlo Ancelotti’s unforgiving new regime. But after three seasons at the Bernabeu, Madrid’s loss is the Gunners’ gain. While they’re still looking light up front despite a late attempt to snatch Demba Ba on loan from Chelsea, the capture of Ozil alone has brightened the outlook in North London, especially if the in-form Olivier Giroud continues firing.

So how will he slot into Wenger’s rigid 4-3-3 at the Emirates? Well, about as comfortably as Cinderella’s size fives, you’d expect. “ No player across Europe’s top five leagues has fashioned more assists since his move to Real Madrid’’ Arsenal fans are dreaming of the devastation to be caused by Santi Cazorla and his new partner at the tip of midfield with good reason, dependent on injuries and how Wenger chooses to play it, of course. But you don’t pay £42.5m for a player who won’t play in his best position, which could mean a shift out wide for Cazorla if both Jack Wilshere and Mikel Arteta are fit. Ozil, like his new Spanish team-mate, is predominantly a creator with the ability to chip in with his fair share of goals.


No player across Europe’s top five leagues has fashioned more assists than Ozil's 47 since his move to Real Madrid - and that's why Wenger is likely to create a team centered around his precocious new play maker. Indeed, since the 2008/09 campaign he's posted a minimum of 12 assists per season. That’s helped by his set-piece skills – he was Madrid’s regular free-kick and corner taker – which is good news for Gunners fans tired of Theo Walcott’s less-than stellar deliveries. With 84% passing accuracy last season, Ozil boasts a figure almost five percentage points higher than that of last season’s La Liga average – made even more impressive by his risk taking position.

More than spray the ball around comfortably in midfield, the 24-year-old makes things happen. His goal scoring record isn't that bad either  in fact, Ozil boasted La Liga’s best conversion rate last season after netting with 9 of his 30 shots (that’s 41% accuracy better than Lionel Messi’s 35%).

Simply, there’s absolutely nothing to dislike about this transfer from a Gunners perspective, and that’s rarely said where Arsenal fans are concerned. On the other hand Madrid supporters aren't happy, and they take some pleasing. The North Londoners might well not be knocking on the door of a first title in 10 years come May, but Ozil is precisely the type of signing the club have cried out for to at least stand a chance of competing where it matters. Breaking their transfer record almost three times over will be worth every penny where this one’s concerned.

Ozil makes his debut against Sunderland
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Sunderland 1 Arsenal 3 Match Report MOTD Highlights & Post Match Reaction from the Manager and Players

Published 14th September 2013 by Jeff @ArsenalTrend 

Aaron Ramsey's double helped Arsenal's club record signing Mesut Ozil enjoy a winning debut in a stormy 3-1 Premier League victory at Sunderland on Saturday.

Ozil underlined why the Gunners invested £43 million (51.3 million euros, $68.3 million) to lure him from Real Madrid with a role in two of his side's three goals as they were pushed all the way by their hosts, who remain without a league win this season.

But Arsenal were indebted to a controversial second-half decision from referee Martin Atkinson to rule out what appeared a perfectly good goal for the hosts from Jozy Altidore, with the visitors ahead by a single goal at the time.

Ramsey doubled the advantage shortly afterwards in the 76th-minute, swapping passes with Ozil and Olivier Giroud to beat Keiren Westwood with a confident finish from inside the area. On this early evidence, Ozil's hefty transfer fee is money well spent.


Before the break especially, the 24-year-old's movement, vision and range-of-passing was on a different plane to Paolo Di Canio's side, who with just one point from their first four games, look set for a season of struggle.
Özil makes his debut

Arsenal threatened to bury Sunderland under a deluge of early goals but Theo Walcott was guilty of a string of glaring first-half misses.

It kept the hosts in the hunt to such an extent that substitute Craig Gardner leveled from the penalty spot three minutes into the second half, sending Wojciech Szczesny the wrong way with his first touch after Adam Johnson was tripped in the area by Laurent Koscielny.

Steven Fletcher had the ball in the net soon after from Johnson's low cross but the Scotland international was rightly flagged offside as the Black Cats sensed blood.Ramsey met Carl Jenkinson's 67th-minute cross with a stunning first-time finish from just inside the box to restore the lead, before the controversial turning point which referee Atkinson will not reflect upon with any satisfaction.

Altidore out-muscled Bacary Sagna to beat Szczesny with a low finish from inside the area, despite Koscielny's attempted goal-line clearance.

Atkinson, however, brought play back, booked Sagna and awarded a free-kick to Sunderland, to the bemusement of the majority of a 39,000 crowd who expected advantage to be played. It was a major call to go against the hosts and took the steam out of their comeback as Ramsey's second goal of the contest gave the visitors valuable breathing space en route to a third victory in four Premier League games this season.

Operating in the middle of a forward three behind lone forward Giroud, in front of Mathieu Flamini, one of two holding midfielders, it took Ozil just 11 minutes to make his mark, with a key assist for the contest's opening goal. Kieran Gibbs's 30-yard pass from inside Arsenal's half found Ozil's purposeful run down the left.


The midfielder's touch and inviting low cross was swept home first time from 10 yards into the bottom corner by Giroud, the Frenchman's fifth goal of the season, and remarkably the first of his 15 Premier League goals to be scored outside London.

Sunderland quickly responded and Modibo Diakite came close to levelling inside the opening quarter-of-an hour. The defender rose above Giroud, only to see his header come back off the bar when he met a corner from Charis Mavrias, the Greece international making his full Premier League debut for the Black Cats, along with Ki Sung-Yeung, the South Korean midfielder.

Walcott compounded a personally disappointing first half by making it a hat-trick of missed chances, heading wastefully when meeting Jack Wilshere's perfect cross 12 yards from goal as Sunderland were again carved apart by some slick interplay from Arsene Wenger's side.

Gardner's introduction sparked some much needed life into the hosts, who were left to rue Atkinson's controversial call, with Di Canio sent from his technical area late on for his protests.

'The Mesut Özil's party was great at the end as the German enjoyed a fine debut even though Arsenal made hard work of what should have been a simple victory over Sunderland. Only bad news of the day was the confirmation from Arsene Wenger that Santi Cazorla will be out for 4-6 weeks, meaning the midfielder will likely miss 6 games.


Teams 

Sunderland (4 4 2): Westwood ; Celustka , Diakite , Roberge , Colback .Vaughan  (Gardner 46, 8) Ki 6; Johnson , Fletcher  (Wickham 77), Altidore 6, Mavrias 5 (Borini 72 ).

Subs not used: Brown, Larsson, Cuellar, Mannone.

Goal: Gardner 48 (pen)

Booked: Gardner.

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Szczesny , Jenkinson , Sagna , Koscielny , Gibbs ; Flamini , Wilshere ; Ozil  (Vermaelen 80), Ramsey , Walcott  (Monreal 88); Giroud  (Akpon 90+3).

Subs not used: Frimpong, Miyaichi, Akpon, Gnabry, Fabianski. Booked: Flamini, Sagna.

Goals: Giroud 11, Ramsey 67, 76.

Referee: Martin Atkinson

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Santi Cazorla hails spectacular Mesut Özil signing

Published 11th September 2013 


Santi Cazorla spoke to Spainsh Newspaper Marca about Arsenal's recent signing of Mesut Özil from Real Madrid and insists he was very surprised to see Madrid let go such a world class player.

"I am very happy that Ozil is here," Cazorla was quoted as telling Spanish newspaper Marca.

"He is a spectacular player and we are very lucky that we are going to learn alongside him. "I don't understand that (why Real Madrid sold him), (because) he is a unique player.

"You will have to ask the club for reasons why they sold them, but at the same time he didn't think he was getting the opportunities he deserved and luckily he has come to us.

"He is an important player and he is going to be very good for the team and the way we play. I hope he can help us fight against the big teams in the Premier League."

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Mersut Özil signs for Arsenal for a club record fee of £42.5 million

Published 3rd September 2013 By ArsenalSupemo



Arsenal broke thier club record fee to sign German Internation Mersut Özil from Real Madrid in a dramtic Transfer Deadline Day. Özil made a total appeareances of 159 for Madrid and won the La Liga Title and the Copa Del Rey.

Here is what the boss Arsene Wenger had to say on the transfer : 
We are extremely pleased to have signed Mesut Ozil. He is a great player, with proven quality at both club and international level. We have watched and admired him for some time as he has all the attributes I look for in an Arsenal player.
I have said throughout the summer that we have been working hard to bring in top quality players to this football club. This has involved many many people across the Club and I have always had the full support of the Club in making decisions on the football side.
After completeing his medical  Özil was delighted with tranfeering to Arsenal :
I am thrilled to be joining a club of the stature of Arsenal and am looking forward to playing in the Premier League. It will be great for my own personal development as a player and I am particularly looking forward to working with Arsène Wenger. 
“From our negotiations it is clear the Club has huge ambition and I look forward to being part of an exciting future.”
ArsenalSupremo Verdict : A world class signing Arsenal fans deserved and will certainly create many chances for Giroud espically below you cannot argue with his stats and will make Arsenal title contenders again! COYG


This was the moment when Arsenal finally sealed the move. 





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