If you had to guess who made the most ball recoveries and tackles for Arsenal against Sunderland, you’d probably pick Francis Coquelin or Mohamed Elneny. You’d be wrong.
Mohamed Elneny came in for a lot of criticism for his pairing with Francis Coquelin in last week’s draw against Boro, but the Egyptian really stepped things up this week against Sunderland.
Mesut Ozil grabbed another assist on Saturday as he delivered the corner Olivier Giroud headed home to score his second goal just seven minutes after coming on.
When we at Daily Cannon saw stats claiming that Laurent Koscielny has only committed two fouls so far this season, we weren’t sure it was possible.
According to Opta, Olivier Giroud is the fifth slowest outfield player in the Premier League, while Cesc Fabregas is third.
If I asked you who completed the most final-third passes at Arsenal, you wouldn’t pick Francis Coquelin, but he’s leading the way, not only in London but across the whole of EUROPE!
When you win and score six, it’s easy to think that everything is rosy and that decisions which were questioned before kickoff didn’t, ultimately matter.
If you asked anyone who is Arsenal’s best fullback, you’d unlikely find 100% of respondents tell you that it is Hector Bellerin and not Nacho Monreal.
Taking a look at his goals and assists since he first arrived at the club, it was easy to work out that Mesut Ozil scores or creates a goal every 1.9 games. So what about the rest of his Arsenal stats from his time in London?
Alexis Sanchez is the second most effective player in the Premier League this season when it comes to scoring and creating goals with only Chelsea Diego Costa outdoing him.
We all know that Laurent Koscielny loves a goal, but did you know that he’s scored more Premier League goals than Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Wilshere combined?
As if we didn’t already know, The Mirror have published a piece on the best playmakers ever to grace the Premier League and, guess what? Mesut Ozil tops it.
Mesut Ozil’s assist for Germany on Saturday set a new record
Theo Walcott has now become Arsene Wenger’s longest serving player in 20 years having been at Arsenal for 3910 days.
Ask most people who was Arsenal’s worst player against Burnley and they’ll likely tell you ‘Mesut Ozil’.