Ozil rises from sickbed to give Gunners some ammo

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger heralded Mesut Ozil after the German playmaker rose from his sickbed to inspire his team to victory over Premier League title rival Manchester City on Monday.

Ozil teed up first-half goals for Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud at Emirates Stadium as the Gunners secured a 2-1 win that left them four points above City and two points below leader Leicester City.

Ozil, 27, now has 15 assists for the campaign - just three fewer than Cesc Fabregas's league-leading tally from last season - and Wenger revealed afterwards that he had spent most of the previous week in bed.