AC Milan 0-2 Arsenal: 5 Talking Points

#5 Ozil leads Arsenal's midfield revival

Arsenal's midfield functioned like a cohesive unit

A bulk of the criticism fired during Arsenal's poor run of four defeats had its midfield at the receiving end of it. The palpable lack of creativity and ideas through the middle rendered Arsenal grossly impuissant and ineffective. That had to change if Arsenal were to get back to winning ways, and much to the respite of the increasingly disgruntled fans, Wenger engineered just that.

Whilst we've already discussed the blinder put up by Mkhitaryan, Mesut Ozil was at the heart of the much-improved midfield. He not only won his duels, but was also directly involved in both away goals that Arsenal mustered as he first laid a cross to set up Mkhitaryan, whilst the through ball back to Aaron Ramsey for the second was as precise as it could get.

The Welshman, on the other hand, nonchalantly rounded Gianluigi Donnarumma to slot home into an empty net. The link-up play in the build-up was terrific, and Arsenal fans will be hoping that their much-maligned midfield puts in good performances until the end of the season.