OPINION
It seems as though Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil is a bit of a scapegoat for most of the supporters. It did not take them long to start criticising the German on Twitter, especially after they went 1-0 down to Crystal Palace after 17 minutes on Sunday. It is a little harsh, as he is the subject of backlash every time he plays. He made some wonderful passes in this first half, yet some of the fans have been calling for him to be substituted ready for the second half. They need to give him a chance, as he was starting to show signs that he was really up for this game. There is no doubting his quality, it is just that he is not thriving under manager Unai Emery at the moment – however, that does not give the fans an excuse to throw criticism his way. He was trying his best in this first half, but that does not seem to be the view of the fans here.
This is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
#ARSCRY Guendouzi, Elneny and Ozil absolute nightmare combination….leaving our best players on the bench in such an important game…what are you doing Unai!!!
— Jez Edwards (@JezzaEd) April 21, 2019
Elneny and Mustafi useless. Ozil asleep. Mavropanos too green.
— MikeV (@domonju) April 21, 2019
Ozil looks like he's on holiday. Elneny all over the shop and mavropanos drowning. Then no one passes to Jenks but Mustafi game knows game
— Ratzbiker (@ratzbiker) April 21, 2019
Unai emery really has a mid field of gunduozi elneny and ozil. These jokers need to leave for the lowest bid possible.
— ASHEN ONE. (@tIM_gOOneR) April 21, 2019
Damn Ozil. Someone tell him it’s not warm ups. Waste of a great chance right off the bat. #Arsenal
— cody biddy (@codybiddy) April 21, 2019
Can we substitute Ozil now? Hard to play with 10.
— Triplecap (@walteinhorn) April 21, 2019
One criticism I have of ozil his is lack of goal threat. It makes him too one dimensional.
— ?Arome ? (@codedinc) April 21, 2019