In his interview with The Times the midfielder said: “We are a more confident team this season. I can feel as a player on the pitch the team is more confident when we play. We dominate the other team. The team believes in itself more this season. It’s not just started now. It’s been going for the whole year. We played very good football in the second half of last season. The players believe we can be successful this season.”
“I believe we will take the three points from City. We want to win because it’s at our home and we want to be successful. We are more hungry this season. Look at the Champions League. You could see us in Athens against Olympiacos: we just needed two goals but we went for the third one. We showed more confidence, more hunger,” the Germany international stressed.
Ozil has also commented the fact that Arsenal will play against Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League
“Barcelona are the hardest team in the world to play against. Barcelona are the best team at the moment in the world. We know that, but as a player I look forward to encounters like this. It is important to have these big games, it’s nice to play against the best teams, to compete with them is a big opportunity for us,” he said.
Ozil noted: “We respect Barcelona but they will respect us too. We beat Bayern Munich at home. We are not afraid of Barcelona. We just need to play our game and we can beat them.”
This season Ozil has 13 assists in the Premier League and is currently in the form of his life.
