Germany star Mesut Ozil reveals the secret behind his return to form for Arsenal

Mesut Ozil celebrates after scoring Arsenal's second against Bayern Munich

MESUT OZIL feels the secret behind his return to form for Arsenal has been getting the “fun” back into his football.

 

The Germany international has had a hot-and-cold spell in the Premier League since joining the Gunners just over two years ago and there were even times when Arsene Wenger considered pulling the plug on his £42m experiment.

But after six assists already this season, Ozil is finally beginning to pay back his price tag, not least with the final flourish of Arsenal’s second against Bayern Munich last night.

“I’m really satisfied with my performances,” he said. “I’m in a good way, I feel at ease and you can see that the team and the manager give me their trust.

“I’m just having fun doing what I do and want to help the team as well as I can. I did that again against Munich and ultimately we’re happy to have won the game against one of the strongest teams in the world. We can be very proud of ourselves.

“We knew that it would be a tough game but you could see during the match that we created a lot of opportunities, especially in the first half when Manuel Neuer made some superb saves.

“But ultimately I think we deserved to win. They had more possession but we had the clearer chances and that’s why we’re really pleased to have got the three points.”

 

Ozil strikes the ball home past Manuel Neuer

Ozil admitted, though, that the main driving force was the need to atone for losing the first two games of the group stages – the only time Arsenal have ever done that in a Champions League campaign.

He added: “We believed in ourselves and we knew that we had made massive mistakes in the first two games. Munich was our last chance - we had to win. We did that and now we’re back in the game. We’re all the happier for that.

"We have heavy legs but ultimately we just wanted to win. We showed heart and the fans supported us superbly. The most important thing is the three points. Now we have them and we’re looking forward.

“When you look at the whole team, you can see that we have a lot of potential and we have to carry on from where we finished. We have to believe in ourselves, keep working hard and then we’ll be on a good path.”