Arsenal had a ‘party’ against Man Utd says Mesut Ozil

Arsenal scored twice in the opening seven minutes and ended the match as a contest with a third in the 19th as they crushed Manchester United 3-0 to move them into second place in the Premier League at the Emirates on Sunday.

“Some aspects of his game as a centre-forward are improving”.

The Gunners were three goals up within the first 20 minutes against United, thanks to goals from Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil and the result saw them climb to second on the league table, two points behind Manchester City after eight games.

According to The Times, it was suggested to Van Gaal, who has an open-door policy with his players, that he play on the counter again.

Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has openly admitted that their defeat to Arsenal is downright unacceptable. “There was a desire from kick-off, we looked very strong and were dominating at home against a big team and we should be playing like that every week”, was the verdict of Theo Walcott. You could go on forever talking about why things didn’t work, but we just didn’t start well enough, conceded the goals and gave ourselves too much to do. United, for unfathomable reason only known to Louis van Gaal, tried to stifle Arsenal by pressing high up the pitch with ageing duo Michael Carrick and Bastian Schweinsteiger. “It makes things easier for us at the back”, he said. We tried to get back into the game, fighting until the end, but obviously we were penalised by our disgusting start. To win in a big game is always a statement and we are in it [the title race].

“I think Arsenal are one of the best teams in the league, in a technical and tactical sense – maybe the best. Not even ten minutes had passed and things were already looking very bad”. “A lot of people didn’t expect us to win, but we proved a lot of people wrong”, said the Frenchman, who has now become an integral member of the team, protecting the back four.

“Last worldwide break we lost against Swansea [before it] but won against Liverpool [after it], so we can do it. There’s not any issue there, but today was a shock for me”.