Mesut Ozil's previous full match was against Burnley in the Premier League on 22 DecemberArsenal boss Unai Emery said midfielder Mesut Ozil would continue to be rotated after making only his second start of 2019 in the Europa League victory over Bate Borisov on Thursday. Emery said Arsenal will need the German "sometimes in the starting XI and sometimes on the bench". "His spirit like today is good and his quality and capacity and combination with some players is good," said Emery. "I think we need every player, and playing Mesut was important and positive." Arsenal winger Alex Iwobi described Ozil as "world class" and said he hoped the 2014 World Cup winner can "keep on playing".

Source: BBC February 21, 2019 22:30 UTC