Source: TheGuardian
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Mesut Özil is in limbo again, Neil Warnock will spend in January and Leicester’s James Maddison makes up for his diveMesut Özil cannot quite get rid of the question marks. He was left on the bench throughout Arsenal’s win at Bournemouth, not even emerging to warm up during the second half as Unai Emery – in his own words – “decided for other options” and while he will at least be fresh for the almost-dead Europa League rubber against Vorskla Poltava he would presumably have had other things in mind when signing his new contract in February. Özil’s best work this season has come when fielded atNo 10, a role that was unavailable in the 3-4-3 Emery deployed on Sunday, and the head coach may have seen enough to extend the experiment. “We are finding our best performance with the system, with the players and with the combination,” Emery said, in a clear acknowledgingment that Arsenal are still looking for a balance that satisfies him despite their unbeaten run stretching to 17 games. Nobody would doubt Özil’s ability to unlock a defence but Emery’s demand for a better blend between attack and defence may leave his prospects uncertain. Nick Ames Related: Alisha Lehmann gets West Ham back on winning trail against Bristol City Related: The Dozen: this weekend's best Premier League pictures Related: Barcelona become first sports team to average £10m a year in wages Related: Mick McCarthy will make way as Republic of Ireland manager in 2020 Continue reading......read full article
