Daily Mirror

GUNNERS AUBA THE MOON, BUT OZIL IS STUCK ON THE BENCH

- BY NEIL McLEMAN

UNAI EMERY admitted he needed players who could cope with the “physicalit­y and intensity” of Bournemout­h – after dropping Mesut Ozil.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s winner extended Arsenal’s unbeaten run to 17 games and lifted them to within a point of the Champions League places.

But £42million playmaker Ozil played no part, sitting on the subs’ bench and not even warming up. Emery said: ‘‘We

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