{"id":350329,"date":"2017-09-03T11:22:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T11:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=350329"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:33:12","slug":"stop-talking-and-start-supporting-mesut-ozil-to-ex-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/stop-talking-and-start-supporting-mesut-ozil-to-ex-players\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Stop talking and start supporting’ – Mesut Ozil to ex-players"},"content":{"rendered":"
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":"
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has defended his performances for the club and urged critical former players to “stop talking and start supporting”. Ozil, 28, and his team-mates have received criticism after poor performances so far this season. The Gunners lost 4-0 against Liverpool in their last Premier League game. “Personally I’ve had to accept a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[145,396],"yoast_head":"\n