Freddie Ljungberg says Mesut Ozil's absence from the Arsenal squad to face Everton to down to his antics last week against Manchester City. After a poor display, Ozil was substituted by Ljungberg in the second half of last week's 3-0 defeat to City. Mikel Arteta explains the first thing he will change at ArsenalAn Arsenal injury briefing claimed Ozil had a foot injury which was being assessed. Ljungberg said: "Mesut has something on his foot but we have things happening there so he wouldn't have been in the squad anyway after what happened in the last game." Emile Smith-Rowe replaced Ozil against City and has also taken his place in the starting XI to face Everton.

Source: Express December 21, 2019 12:00 UTC