Arsene Wenger responds to Gerrard’s criticism of Ozil
|Arsenal suffered a surprising 1-0 loss to Stoke City yesterday as Arsenal’s usual bogey team once again reared its head.
Following a thrilling, yet worrying 4-3 win over Leicester last week, Arsenal put in a very poor performance to suffer their first loss of the season. Following the game, Steven Gerrard singled Mesut Ozil out for particular criticism, adding “out of position, you’re a man down”.
Steven Gerrard & Martin Keown rip apart Mesut Ozil for his poor performance against Stoke https://t.co/YJy9thqwcp
— Don Draper (@arsenalbarclays) August 19, 2017
Arsene Wenger, however, defended the German international, who is quite often scapegoated whenever Arsenal lose a match.
“I think he did fight. It is difficult to single anybody out. I believe we had many, many chances and personally I don’t think he deserves.”
Regardless of the result, it does seem that Ozil is more often than not blamed for Arsenal’s woes.