Unai Emery: Arsenal manager made decision which ‘smacked of poor leadership’ against Wolves, claims Tony Cascarino

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The former Chelsea and Republic of Ireland forward claims Emery caved into fan pressure by starting Ozil, a player the Spaniard is clearly not keen on having outcast him this campaign.

Ozil had started only one league game before Saturday’s draw with Wolves – the 2-2 draw at Watford in September – with his two other appearances in 2019/20 coming in the Carabao Cup.

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Nonetheless, the German was restored to the starting XI on Saturday, but he failed to make a noticeable impact in north London as Raul Jimenez cancelled out Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s opening goal to secure Wolves a point.

And Emery made a huge error selecting Ozil, Cascarino claims, with the decision made entirely to appease fans rather than for any tactical benefit.

“Unai Emery’s decision to start Mesut Özil against Wolves smacked of poor leadership,” writes Cascarino in The Times.

“If the Arsenal manager genuinely believed Özil was the man to lift his faltering team, he would have used him more than twice in the Premier League this season.