Mesut Ozil scored Arsenal's opener - click here for that and more from our Match Zone A few early-season narratives got ripped to shreds at Villa Park, as Mesut Ozil showed his class, Arsenal displayed their steel, and Aston Villa’s stout defence was breached three times in a devastating spell of 200 seconds. The scoreline shows a chasm between these teams when in reality the match was much closer, but Arsene Wenger’s side ruthlessly exploited their openings to prove a defeat to Borussia Dortmund should not completely colour opinions. Wenger has been forced to defend his record purchase Ozil at various points since his £42.5million transfer from Real Madrid but none more so than in the aftermath to the German’s limp performance in the Westfalenstadion.
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Mesut Ozil slots Arsenal's first goal past Brad Guzan from Danny Welbeck's pass
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Ozil sets up Welbeck 60 seconds later for England striker's first goal for Arsenal
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Aly Cissokho diverts Kieran Gibbs' cross in for Gunners' third
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That was to be as good as it got for Villa, who found out, like most of us, Arsenal are a better team than a bad night in @placeholder would have us believe.
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Gibbs (right) fires in the shot which led to Cissokho's own goal and @placeholder's third