Ozil dropped as Arsenal loses; Liverpool leads by 7 pts

1 week ago

LONDON (AP) — Trailing 1-0 in a dreary London derby, what Arsenal manager Unai Emery needed was a creative spark to inspire a comeback at West Ham. Mesut Ozil, perhaps? The playmaker wasn't in the starting lineup, but he wasn't on the bench either. And he was not injured. Arsenal's highest-paid player — reputedly earning 350,000 pounds a week — wasn't in