Mesut Ozil, Unai Emery Arsenal bust-up reports not true

Cardiff manager Neil Warnock says he is not bothered if Mesut Ozil plays for Arsenal in their Premier League game on Sunday.

And although Matej Vydra poked home to level shortly after the restart that was as good as it got for Burnley, whose focus reverts sharply to the Premier League where they placed seventh last term.

“We know they will have a lot of possession and it won’t be all down to us parking the bus, because these teams have great quality”.

Unai Emery is just a handful of games into his reign at Arsenal, but already he is facing up to the problem that Arsene Wenger never satisfactorily resolved. “After this, we want to go far in this competition”, said Emery, who has won the Europa League three times with Sevilla.

“I am very happy with the player and I think every player can play”.

“I like the possibility to have the player play different positions on the pitch”. You have chances every match to show you are improving’. “We started on Tuesday and he’s been with the group; he’s okay, he’s looking well”.

They are the top seeds in Group B and have a strong pedigree in the Europa League, beating Real Sociedad, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio on their way to the semi-finals last season where they lost to Marseille. “For that, Mesut played with me on the right wing and also as No.10, and we are going to continue to do that”.

Mesut Ozil, who missed the win over West Ham through injury, is fit to return at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Meanwhile, the Gunners remain without four players: defenders Sead Kolasinac, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Laurent Koscielny and Carl Jenkinson.

Also Nathaniel Mendez-Laing is out for three months with a knee injury while Aaron Gunnarsson is also making progress on a knee injury and could be back after the global break. He is the chief play-maker, and although Henrikh Mkhitaryan may have taken over for a few games, the crown will soon be returned to Ozil.