Arsenal boss, Unai Emery has acknowledged he was impressed with Mesut Ozil after the midfielder’s impressive display during the crazy Carabao Cup defeat to Liverpool.
Ozil, who featured for the first time in five weeks, produced several moments of quality in the crazy last-16 encounter, which Arsenal lost 5-4 on penalties after the match had ended 5-5 in normal time.
His substitution with half-an-hour remaining sparked controversy among fans and his overall performance made his unexplained absence in the last six games even more complicated.
“It was very good,” Emery told talkSPORT when asked about Ozil’s display.
“I think he used tonight to help the team and he’ll take confidence into the next matches.”
He then later explained why he had taken the German off, revealing he was being carefully managed with an eye on Saturday’s Premier League clash with Wolves.
“We decided before the game to only play him for that amount of time,” said Emery.
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“Yes, he will feature [vs Wolves]. We have a match on Saturday and we will look at the possibility to use him again alongside other players and this is the way sometimes.”
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