Arsenal legend Thierry Henry believes that in order for Mesut Ozil to be considered a world-class footballer, he must find himself on the end of the ball more often.
The Gunners midfielder has scored on just three occasions this season – once in the Premier League against Manchester United and twice in the UEFA Champions League, when Arsenal defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 and Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 respectively.
However, Ozil has continued his fine record of picking up assists and has managed 11 already this season, putting him just nine behind the record that Henry set in 2002/03 with 20.
Despite being considered the form player of the Premier League thus far this season, Henry claims that Ozil must score more often if he wants to be considered in the top bracket of players.
Today the difference with Ozil is that he is getting in the box.
He scores there, but what people argue and have a problem with is that he hasn’t had a desire to get in the box.
If you want to be a world-class player you can’t just be an assist man, but today he showed elements that he can do it that he can produce.
Ozil will have further chance to prove the Arsenal legend wrong this weekend when Arsenal face Norwich City at Carrow Road.
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