Nobody recorded more assists than Mesut Ozil in the Premier League last season with the Arsenal midfielder racking up an incredible 19. This season he only has 2. What's going on? Well he isn't any less effective as this stat from @Squawka shows. Wenger has given Ozil licence to roam into goalscoring positions rather than bearing the burden of being Arsenal's primary creator. He was on the scoresheet again during Arsenal's 3-1 victory over Stoke, his looping header bamboozled the Stoke ‘keeper and helped the Gunners to the win. It was his 9th Arsenal goal of the season meaning he's already scored more this campaign than the last, despite playing less than half the amount of games....
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