Germany suffered a shock 2-1 defeat against neighbours Austria in an international friendly played on Saturday.
Arsenal star Mesut ozil had got into a spot of bother alongside fellow playmaker of Turkish origin Ilkay Gundogan after posing for photos with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Both appear to have been forgiven by Germany boss Joachim Low as they featured against Austria.
Ozil started for the Germans and got his side off to a great start after opening the scoring on 11 minutes.
We took a look at how Arsenal fans reacted to Ozil’s display on social media after the game.
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Will Unai Emery get it right and finally get the best from Ozil?
15 minutes into the game, under the proper system, Mesut Ozil already scored for Germany. Shame how we didn’t built a team around him after all these years.
— Lacazettes (@Lacazettes) June 2, 2018
Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but Mesut Özil is still a world class player and never really has dropped below that standard in his career, even at Arsenal. A matter of the wrong system, wrong players around him. 23 goals & 40 assists in 90 apps for Germany is ridiculously good.
— Dharma Bhagalia (@Kloppholic) June 2, 2018
High praise.
Not only is Mesut Ozil a Germany legend, he is also an Arsenal legend. Club was trophy less for 9 years. Dark times, never forget that. No coincidence that Ozil comes in and we win 3 trophies in 4 seasons. He’s had a huge role to play. He stayed when we needed him to. GOAT.
— LTArsenal™ (@ltarsenal) June 2, 2018
Those who don’t rate Ozil should follow some other sport…
— Suvidude (@cliffy_dude) June 2, 2018
Joachim Low loves Ozil
Even if arsenal is relegated, He will always own a shirt in Germany Starting 11— ⚽Prediction HQ (@Predictionhq) June 2, 2018
Ozil scores for Germany, shock. He needs to bring this same energy back to the prem.
— Curzorla (@Curt_FCB) June 2, 2018
Ozil scores for Germany. Water is wet.
— ALLI ??⚽️? (@BACK2BACKOZIL) June 2, 2018
What do you make of this? Does Ozil perform better for Germany than Arsenal?
anyone who recycles the “ozil is a different beast for germany!!11” meme hasnt watched him for the last 10 months and gets their football opinions from LADBible ffs just because the team as a whole has been shit doesnt mean he hasnt been class throughout
— Abhinav M (@ParadiseKuna) June 2, 2018
only when ozil plays with germany, we realise what a tremendous of a player he is.
— ahiduzzaman antu (@gunner_antu) June 2, 2018
Now that is a pretty outstanding stat!
Ozil 64 goals and assists contributions in 90 appearances for Germany, crazy if you think about it. There’s a reason he wins the German footballer of the year every time. One of Germany’s best ever, if not the best itself. Legend.
— LTArsenal™ (@ltarsenal) June 2, 2018
Ozil has 65+ goals and assists in 90 appearances for Germany from midfield. 5x Germany POTY with the likes of Kroos, Neuer, Muller in the team. But people with extra chromosomes will tell you he’s shit.
— Özil F.C. (@MainManOziI) June 2, 2018
What about that for a stat…
Ozil in his last 990 minutes for Arsenal: 0 goals
Ozil in 11 minutes for Germany: 1 goal pic.twitter.com/SVZB4PPQCz
— Ladbrokes (@Ladbrokes) June 2, 2018
Tolu said it first.
Iwobi for Nigeria … Ozil for Germany.. Arsenal gonna win the league next season.
— Tolulope Ogunmefun (@dontjealousme) June 2, 2018
Exactly!
‘We’ve got Ozil…Mesut Ozil…I just don’t think you understand.’ //t.co/cuneI6Ajs8
— Chas Newkey-Burden (@allthatchas) June 2, 2018