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Arsenal cannot rely on Mesut Ozil to move forward.
That’s the message from Andy Gray, who blasted the midfielder following the Gunners’ 2-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday.
Ozil played the full 90 minutes but was generally ineffective against the Premier League champions.
After announcing a shock retirement from international football last month, many hoped and expected the German to fight back and prove his doubters wrong on the opening day.
However, the 29 year-old gave a sub-par performance as Unai Emery was denied a dream start to his Arsenal career.
Gray was disappointed with both Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan and reckons Arsenal could struggle badly on the evidence of their performance.
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The beIN SPORTS pundit said: “If ever there was a player that you thought with a new coach in, you would see a bit of life in him, a spark and a difference it was Mesut Ozil. And I didn’t.
“Mkhitaryan might as well have been sitting here.
“I didn’t see a change in their mentality and attitude and I thought I would.
“You can play really badly, that’s fine but what was your mentality and attitude like.
“The attitude looked exactly the same as it was when Arsene [Wenger] was getting hammered.
“If Arsene had been in charge, the fans would have booed them off the pitch.
“Unai Emery needs a bit of time but on that performance, they are way off.”
