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| Auba celebrates his second Goal (Arsenal's third) with Captain Oezil (Number 10) who netted the first |
#YaGunnersYa! You can tell me all the Crap in the World about someone, but I will look for their strong Points coz they exist; that is my Defence of Arsenal's Turkish-German World Cup Winner and Europe's Assist Master! Manchester City Boss Pep Guardiola once said, "If you watch the Game, you won't see Oezil but if you watch Oezil, you see the whole Game!" What a Way to celebrate
Arsene Wenger's 69th Birthday. Despite going behind to Leicester City in the 30th Minute via an unlucky Deflection off Rightback Hector Bellerin during the Monday Night Football Game at the Emirates on 22nd October 2018, the Gunners turned up the Style just before Halftime led by their Captain of the Day - Mesut Oezil! He did not win the Man of the Match Award (Alex Iwobi did for tireless Effort) but Oezil was the true Man of the Match for me because he equalised, pre-assisted to Bellerin for the second Goal and brilliantly set up the third, both scored by Substitute Pierre Emerick Aubameyang who became the Best Minutes per Goal Player in Premiership History (104.6 Minutes). With his one-Attempt Equaliser Goal which reminds me of Messi's three similar Shots on Goal (only one succeeded, the other two hit the Far Post) v Tottenham at Wembley in the 2019 Champions League Group Stage earlier in the same Month, Oezil overtook Tottenham's Jurgen Klinsmann (29 Goals) who shone in the 90s as the German with the Most Goals in the Premiership (Record now 30); he keeps breaking 1990s Premiership Records just like he did the previous Season for Manchester United Legend Eric Cantona's Fastest 50 Assists. Lukas Podolski who left in 2014 with 19 Goals is the 2nd Highest-scoring German Gunner in England though a few Places below in the Overall List. Furthermore, Oezil has created the Highest Number of Goalscoring Chances in all of Europe's Top 8 Leagues since 2006; I guess that's one of the Reasons he laughs at his Crap-spitting Critics whom he never listens to. Oezil knows when he is playing badly or producing a Masterclass. Rob Holding who had just been yellowcarded escaped a second Yellow almost immediately for Handball in the Penalty Box. It was not blatant though he had his Hand in the Air; an Opponent actually forced his Hand towards the Ball, so it could not be deliberate really! Leno made some good Saves and the rest also played their Roles. Lacazette was unlucky not to score. Nevertheless, the whole Game had Shirt Number 10 written allover it, this was Arsenal's 10th Win-in-a-Row, Oezil played in his Favoured Number 10 Position and did not even feature in the Last 10 Minutes; he had already done enough like 10 out of 10 Ratings. Commentators used to say that they ran out of Superlatives to describe Thierry Henry; well, Mesut Oezil himself is a Superlative. As one Word, his Name when latinised spells out a 10-Letter Adjective that probably means "scores and assists". In fact, according to Gooners, "oezil" is a Noun and Verb at the same Time; it means "assist". In this Special Game, the German who recently retired from International Football put up a perfect-10 Performance, a befitting Celebration for the Man who bought him to The Emirates with very lofty Expectations, protected and encouraged his Progress winning three FA Cups and three Community Shields in five Seasons with him. Safe to say, Arsene Wenger had a
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