Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has said that midfielder, Mesut Ozil will miss Wednesday’s Premier League match against Huddersfield Town after he had to travel back home with illness just hours before Sunday’s 1-0 win at Burnley.
Wenger was forced to call up midfielder, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, to make up the numbers on the bench after Ozil was advised to leave the team hotel ahead of the match at Turf Moor.
“The doctor came to see me and said he (Ozil) had to travel back home, he was in the hotel with us,” Wenger told reporters ahead of clash with Huddersfield.
“He travelled up with us, then travelled back. We brought Maitland-Niles up who arrived at 1 p.m. because we had only 17 players.”
“Will Ozil be available for Wednesday? Certainly he will be short. We will see what it is exactly.”
The Gunners now occupy fourth place in the league after Alexis Sanchez’s late penalty helped them secure 3 points against Burnley.