Saturday, 22 February 2014

ARSENAL v SUNDERLAND, Special Preview - Wenger: "Everybody can miss penalties, Ozil apologized"

Attending pre-Sunderland match press conference, Arsène Wenger stated: “Ozil? At the moment you have to let him recover from that failed penalty. I had examples before with people like Dennis Bergkamp, who missed an important penalty in 1999 [against Manchester United] and refused afterwards to take any.

Incidentally, he gets a statue on Saturday so it doesn't take a statue away from you. Some other people don't mind [when they miss] and do it again. It depends on how you feel and how much you want it.

Ozil apologized after the game but I don't think people are shocked by the fact that he missed a penalty because Bayern missed one as well. He takes his penalties in an unusual way so people are maybe a little bit less [understanding] but everybody can miss penalties.

Ozil is a classy player and on a longer period class always tells. I left him on because he's one of the few players who can go from far, from distance, when you're down to 10 men. [He can go] a long way with the ball into the opponents’ half".

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