Ozil Shines in Disappointing Arsenal Performance
Arsenal faced West Bromwich Albion in a game
they expected to receive the full three points.
However, the game got off to a rough start for
Arsenal as Francis Coquelin was forced to come
off the field in the 14th minute due to an injury.
He was replaced by Mikel Arteta who would
have a huge impact on the match.
As usual Arsenal was in control of possession
early in the match against West Brom. Then in
the 28th minute Mesut Ozil hit a free kick that
deflected off the head of Olivier Giroud and
found it’s way past the keeper to give Arsenal a
1-0 lead.
It looked like Arsenal had command of the game,
but West Brom quickly responded. Mikel Arteta
committed a foul that led to a free kick outside
the penalty area. It resulted in an equalizing
goal for James Morrison in the 35th minute.
Then to make matters worse, 5 minutes later a
ball came rolling into the Arsenal six yard box,
and it was deflected by Arteta into his own net.
The own goal gave West Brom a 2-1 lead going
into the half, and they had somehow taken
control of the game.
Arsenal came out strong in the second half.
Mesut Ozil came inches away from scoring in
the 48th minute, but his shot nicked the post
and went wide. Arsenal kept the pressure
coming, but West Brom played well defensively
making it difficult for Arsenal to break through.
In the 67th minute Joel Campbell missed a
golden opportunity when he took an open one-
time strike from inside the six yard box, but
shanked it wide.
Arsenal got some good fortune when Chris Brunt
fouled Alexis Sanchez in the box to give Arsenal
a penalty with less than 10 minutes to go in the
game. Cazorla took the penalty, but his shot
flew way over the goal. Arsenal blew another
fantastic scoring opportunity.
Arsenal continued to put the pressure on in the
final minutes of the match, but ultimately they
came up empty. The own goal from Arteta, and
the crucial misses from Cazorla and Campbell
cost Arsenal a victory.
Mesut Ozil was the player of the game for
Arsenal , in what was an extremely disappointing
game for his team. Ozil assisted Olivier Giroud’s
goal on a free kick to give Arsenal that crucial
1-0 lead early on, and he came inches away from
scoring an equalizer early in the second half.
zil was a catalyst for the Arsenal attack
throughout the match. He completed 92.1% of
his passes to help keep Arsenal in control of
possession. He also had 7 crosses as he was
able to put the ball into dangerous areas on
multiple occasions. Ozil did what he could to
help Arsenal avoid defeat, but his teammates
failed to support him.
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