Arsenal moved to the top of Group F in the Champions League after defeating Napoli 2-0 emphatically last night at the Emirates, where club-record signing Mesut Ozil bagged his first goal for the club.
Ozil, who joined Real Madrid on the transfer deadline day, opened his scoring for the Gunners with a beautifully controlled finish from just outside the box.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuEnCUGKD4U
The German international aka the assist-machine bagged an assist to his name for the second goal, after putting this on plate for Olivier Giroud.
Arsene Wenger quite naturally was very elated with the result but he was particularly pleased with the first half-performances. He noted:
“The first half is one of the best halves we have played for a long time. The second half was a bit more handbrake-ish – but you could see the third goal was there”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT6FkMigrnM
Arsenal players shared their reactions after the end of the match on social networking site Twitter. We bring you some of them here:
Good goals. Clean sheet. Top of the group. Quality atmosphere. #loveit
— Aaron Ramsey (@aaronramsey) October 1, 2013
This is from Mikel Arteta
Great win lads!!! What a nice atmosphere at the Emirates!! Gran victoria y ambientazo en el Emitates! pic.twitter.com/6LGdYalPsN
— Mikel Arteta (@m8arteta) October 1, 2013
Lukas Podolski, who is injured at the moment and couldn’t play the match, expressed his reaction too.
Great Show, Great Night, Perfect Position in the Group Stage;) congrats to the team. #afc #arsenal… http://t.co/RRE6CpPcPH
— Lukas-Podolski.com (@Podolski10) October 1, 2013
From the darling-boy Mesut Ozil himself.
A wonderful team, wonderful fans – my first CL-game at home was unbeleavable. Thanks all. #championsleague, #arsenal.
— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) October 1, 2013
Tennis superstar Andy Murray was also at the Emirates and he thought Flamini was brilliant against Napoli.
Was at arsenal vs Napoli tonight, top performance from arsenal… flamini has been a great signing love his work
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) October 1, 2013
Check out some of the images from the match/dressing room below…
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