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MESUT ÖZIL SCORED his first Arsenal goal in the Gunners’ impressive 2-0 win over Napoli.
The German midfielder struck early in the first half as Arsene Wenger’s side maintained their 100% start in the Champions League.
He turned provider soon after, setting up French striker Olivier Giroud for his sixth goal of the season to effectively kill off Napoli with just 15 minutes gone.
After going top of the Premier League over the weekend, Arsenal’s confidence was clear to see and they took the lead with a fabulous opening goal in the eighth minute.
When Bacary Sagna clipped a high pass towards Giroud, the rapidly improving forward showed great strength and agility to flick the ball into Aaron Ramsey’s path.
Ramsey has been in the form of his life in recent weeks and the Wales midfielder demonstrated his eye for a killer pass as he picked out Özil, who displayed immaculate technique with a fine side-footed strike past Jose Reina from just inside the penalty area.
Napoli had defeated last season’s Champions League runners-up Borussia Dortmund in their Group F opener and arrived at the Emirates unbeaten in Serie A under former Liverpool and Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez.
But they were no match for Arsenal in this mood and the hosts, stronger in the tackle and far more vibrant on the ball, doubled their lead in clinical fashion after some sloppy defending from the Italians in the 15th minute.
A poor clearance was intercepted by the alert Ramsey on the right flank and suddenly Napoli were exposed as Giroud fed Özil, who raced into the area before slipping a low pass for Giroud to fire home from close-range.
In Group F’s other game, Robert Lewandowski (2) and Marco Reus got the goals as Borussia Dortmund beat Olympique Marseille 3-0.
