Arsenal’s chief scapegoat, Mesut Ozil has a message for all the people who have been criticizing him. He says he does not care. Even if it appears Ozil only jogs around lazily on the pitch, he says that is his style of play and he won’t change it. He seems to be implying that the fact that he does not chase everything around on the pitch like Ngolo Kante, does not mean he is not working hard his own way, just like the hardwork involved in eating a bowl of eba.
“Some people like me, some people don’t. Some people look at my body language and think I don’t care. But that’s me. I won’t change my body language or my style of play drastically anymore,” he states.
“Expectations on me were very high everywhere, because I am a player who can make the difference. You have to deal with that. There will always be criticism and there will always be praise. But what matters is what the manager tells me. I have said that numerous times. But what I can’t understand is when people say: ‘Look, he does not push anymore’ or ‘He does not run enough’. If you look at my numbers you can see I run a lot and I show a good attitude.
“The disappointment [against Bayern] was very, very big, obviously. Especially as it was 1-1 at half-time. To lose that high during the second half was bitter. Not just for me, but for the whole team. And we knew ahead of the second leg that it would be extremely difficult, especially against such a strong team.
“Of course we had high hopes. In my opinion Bayern was not as strong as they were in the years before. We expected to achieve something. The disappointment was huge, also because I think we have the quality to go far in the competition. Unfortunately it did not happen.”
Ozil’s future at Arsenal is in doubt as his current contract expires in the summer of 2008 and he is yet to commit his future to the Gunners.
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