‘Arsenal to gain from Ozil’s Germany exile’
NEWCASTLE,UK:UNAI Emery is confident that Arsenal can be the major beneficiaries from Mesut Ozil’s acrimonious retirement from international football.
The 29-year-old announced in July that he would no longer represent his country following Germany’s disappointing World Cup campaign in Russia, where they were knocked out in the group stage.
Ozil claimed he was made a scapegoat for the high-profile failure, and cited “racism and disrespect” over his Turkish roots as a major factor in his decision to bring the curtain down on a career at the highest level which included 92 games, 23 goals and a 2014 World Cup winners’ medal.
“Of course it’s a new way for Mesut (after his international retirement), and we want him to show his quality in his performance each day in training and in each match,” said Arsenal coach Emery. “We want to see the best of him and today he worked very well, took his goal nicely and he continues to work to help the team,” added Emery, given the daunting task of succeeding Arsene Wenger. After leading Arsenal to their first back-toback away wins in the top flight for 16 months, Emery stressed the importance of finding a consistency of results . “We need to improve for ourself and for the challenge,” said Emery. “It is challenging away from home, and we need to be competitive. We are happy to win away and we need to continue that, because we need to improve and be more competitive.”
YARMOLENKO POWERS WEST HAM TO WIN
LIVERPOOL : Andriy Yarmolenko scored twice on his first start for West Ham as they climbed off the foot of the English Premier League table with a 3-1 win away to Everton on Sunday. It was the Hammers’ first league win under manager Manuel Pellegrini, whose four previous top-flight games in charge of the east London club at the start of this season had all ended in defeat.
JIMENEZ SCORES IN WOLVES’ VICTORY
WOLVERHAMPTON, UK : Raul Jimenez scored the only goal of the game as Wolverhampton Wanderers continued their impressive start to the Premier League season with a 1-0 win at home to Burnley on Sunday.
Victory lifted Wolves into the top half of the table but this result left Burnley still searching for their first league win as they equalled a club record run of four successive Premier League defeats.