Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has defended his performances for the club and urged critical former players to “stop talking and start supporting”.<\/p>\n
Ozil, 28, and his team-mates have received criticism after poor performances so far this season.<\/p>\n
The Gunners lost 4-0 against Liverpool in their last Premier League game.<\/p>\n
“Personally I’ve had to accept a lot of criticism during my time in London,” Ozil said,\u00a0writing on his Facebook page<\/i>.<\/p>\n
The German international, who joined Arsenal four years ago from Real Madrid, said he felt he could be proud of winning three FA Cups in that time.<\/p>\n
“Too expensive, too greedy, bad body language, and lacking fight – this is what people have said about me,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Some of these comments are made by those who do not know me, some are made by former players – both successful and unsuccessful during their time here at the club. Although criticism is something that all football players have to deal with, I nevertheless expected legends to behave like legends – my advice to these former Gunners is stop talking and start supporting.”<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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