World Cup winner Mesut Özil scored the winner in a narrow 2-1 win for Arsenal against relegation battlers Middlsbrough on Monday evening. Alexis Sánchez had fired the Gunners in front in the first half from a direct free kick, before Spaniard Alvaro Negredo equalised shortly after the restart for the 19th placed side.
Arsenal (57 points), who were without birthday boy Shkodran Mustafi, kept their hopes of European qualification alive thanks to the 17th win of the season. Finishing in their current spot in sixth will see them enter next season’s Europa League, though the Champions League spots are not completely out of reach for the North London side. Fourth placed Manchester City (64) have played one game more, while third-placed Liverpool (66) have played two more games than Arsene Wenger’s team.
World Cup winner Mesut Özil scored the winner in a narrow 2-1 win for Arsenal against relegation battlers Middlsbrough on Monday evening. Alexis Sánchez had fired the Gunners in front in the first half from a direct free kick, before Spaniard Alvaro Negredo equalised shortly after the restart for the 19th placed side.
Arsenal (57 points), who were without birthday boy Shkodran Mustafi, kept their hopes of European qualification alive thanks to the 17th win of the season. Finishing in their current spot in sixth will see them enter next season’s Europa League, though the Champions League spots are not completely out of reach for the North London side. Fourth placed Manchester City (64) have played one game more, while third-placed Liverpool (66) have played two more games than Arsene Wenger’s team.
