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PHOTO FILE: Football Football – Premier League – Southampton – Arsenal – St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Great Britain – December 16, 2018 Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) replaces Peter Iwobi REUTERS / David Klein / Photo File
(Reuters) – Arsenal midfielder Alex Iwobi praised his world-clbad teammate Mesut Ozil for his role in BATE Borisov's 3-0 win over BATE Borisov, although his coach, Unai Emery, do not guarantee a departure for the German environment.
Arsenal overcame a 1-0 deficit to qualify for the last 16 with a 3-1 aggregate win, in which Ozil, who missed the first leg in Belarus, started only his second match at of the last 11 games of the club, in all competitions.
"He is world clbad, we scored three goals following his course. I know that if I succeed, he has the vision to find me, "Iwobi told BT Sport.
"I hope that he will be able to continue playing. We know what Mesut looks like because we see him train every day.
Emery was pleased with the "positive" impact of Ozil but said he would be replaced based on the needs of the Arsenal team and program in the coming weeks.
"If he's available, like in the last two weeks, we'll play a lot of games and maybe we need him sometimes in the starting lineup and sometimes on the bench because we have a lot of players for help us, "Emery told reporters.
"His spirit as today is good and his quality and his combination with some players were good, as with Matteo Guendouzi and Alex Iwobi. Playing Mesut was important and positive today. "
Arsenal host Southampton Sunday in the Premier League.
Report from Rohith Nair to Bengaluru; edited by Sudipto Ganguly
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