Former Newcastle United player Alan Shearer has fired some compliments the way of Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud.
After wins against Olympiacos and Aston Villa recently, the BBC pundit reviewed both players and their importance to Arsenal.
Speaking in his column for Coral, Shearer admitted it’s been a great week for the Gunners.
It’s been a very good week for Arsenal. First, to put in the performance and the result they did in Olympiakos and then to come back and show the energy they did at Aston Villa, was impressive.
On Ozil, Shearer said that the German now looks the part.
Mesut Ozil has had a superb season with all those assists. There is no doubt he is one of the best players in the Premier League at the moment. I thought he struggled when he first came to England but he looks very comfortable now and very much part of the Arsenal set up.
The German playmaker has an astounding 13 league assists so far this season.
The former England striker also waxed lyrical about Giroud, who has nine goals in the league so far this season.
Olivier Giroud once again found the scoresheet at the weekend. As a centre forward it has to be good playing in that Arsenal side because they do create so many chances. Giroud got a hat-trick in Greece and he has followed that up by scoring the penalty against Villa.
Both players will be hoping to aid Arsenal’s push for the title this coming weekend as they take on Manchester City at the Emirates on Monday night.
The Gunners are currently one point ahead of the Manchester side, so will be looking to extend their lead towards the top of the table, as well as trying to hunt down Leicester City.
