Arsenal 1 – 2 Swansea City – Mesut Ozil unable to prevent home defeat

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Mesut Ozil played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal’s disappointing 2-1 at the hands of Swansea City.

The 27-year-old played in his favoured number ten role behind Olivier Giroud but was unable to provide his 19th assist of the season.

Arsenal looked set to record a comfortable home victory when Joel Campbell found the back of the net after just 15 minutes.

However, Wayne Routledge levelled the scored 17 minutes later while Swansea captain Ashley Williams scored the winner midway though the second half.

Arsenal 1 – 2 Swansea:

Kick-Off: 19:45 (GMT)
Stadium: Emirates Stadium

confirmed lineup: Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Ramsey, Campbell, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud
Subs: Ospina, Chambers, Gibbs, Elneny, Flamini, Walcott, Welbeck

Swansea Lineup: Fabianski, Naughton, Amat, Williams (c), Kingsley, Cork, Fer, Ki Sung-Yueng, Routledge, Ayew, Gomis
Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Fernandez, Fulton, Barrow, Sigurdsson, Paloschi

Goals: .15 Campbell (Arsenal), .32 Routledge, .74 Williams (Swansea City)

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