Top 5 Mesut Ozil performances for Arsenal

#4 Everton vs Arsenal (2017/18)

Ozil was goal-scorer and provider in a 5-2 away win at Everton this season

Although most of his team-mates have been performing well this season, Ozil has been the standout player in the Arsenal side in almost every game.

In this match at Goodison Park, he was magnificent right from the first whistle. Just minutes in, Ozil, Ramsey, Sanchez and Alexandre Lacazette were combining effortlessly with some incredible link-up play between them. Ozil set up both Ramsey and Sanchez for two very good chances, but unfortunately, both failed to convert them to goals.

However, the second half proved more productive for Ozil, even though his play had already been quite spectacular in the first half.

To give Arsenal the lead in the 53rd minute, Ozil rose highest in the box to take a cross from Sanchez and nodded it past Pickford with a perfectly weighted header.

Then to put the game out of sight, it was he who set up Lacazette for his first Premier League away goal. Receiving the ball from Sanchez, he was free-running at the Everton defense. However, he still had to pick the right pass. After cutting it back for Lacazette for an easy finish, the German got yet another assist in the Premier League.

A lot of people have claimed Ozil doesn’t perform in big away games. This may not have been a difficult Everton side to face, but Arsenal needed a win to kick-start their season, and the German was on hand to make sure that they did.