Paul Scholes has insisted that Arsene Wenger was right to say he would have 'loved to play ' with Mesut Ozil . Wenger last week hit back at Scholes for his 'wrong statement ' after the Manchester United legend had accused Arsenal midfielder Ozil of 'going through the motions ' during his time with the Gunners . And Scholes has now responded to Wenger 's claim after Ozil helped Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup sixth round at Old Trafford on Monday night . Paul Scholes ( right ) has agreed that he would have loved to play alongside German midfielder Mesut Ozil . Ozil ( left ) takes on Manchester United 's Phil Jones during the FA Cup sixth-round clash on Monday . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger gives instructions to his players as his side claimed victory at Old Trafford . Scholes wrote in The Independent : ' I found myself agreeing with Arsene Wenger on Monday night . 'The Arsenal manager said last Friday that I would have loved to have played alongside Mesut Ozil – and that would be right , as long as Ozil played every week as well as he did at Old Trafford . 'Arsenal impressed me against United , and that has been a rarity in recent years . There were similarities with their performance against Manchester City in January . 'They looked sharp and hungry , full of energy in midfield where they overpowered United . They looked physically commanding too , and Danny Welbeck ’ s pace and power were important . Ozil ( front ) is challenged by Manchester United 's Chris Smalling during the FA Cup clash . Danny Welbeck ( left ) celebrates with Santi Cazorla ( centre ) and Alexis Sanchez after scoring the winner . 'Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin were the pick of the team in my opinion . I never had them down as so strong . They were quick and aggressive and got the better of United . 'They showed Van Gaal ’ s team what they were lacking in midfield and , funnily enough , they were not afraid to be direct with their attacks when it suited them . '
Paul Scholes has agreed that he would have loved to play with Mesut Ozil . Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had hit back at Scholes 's criticism of Ozil . Ozil helped Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup on Monday . TL;DR German midfielder Lukas Podolski is set for a return from injury after missing out on Euro 2012.