v. FC Basel, 2016. : Gunners

A classic Wednesday night assist from Özil to everyone’s favorite Naija Boy here. It seems like Mesut always had great games in those neon green strips. The angle doesn’t really do the pass justice—if you didn’t realize, he cuts the ball BETWEEN, not around, the two Basel defenders—but I still prefer the showing the live broadcast to a slow motion replay.

Fun facts:

• Granit Xhaka was born in Basel. He started this game for us, while his brother Taulant started for Basel.

• Lucas Perez scored a hat-trick in this game. He would reach the lofty heights of 7 goals for the Gunners before a summer deal that took him to West Ham. Using math, we can arrive at the conclusion that 42.8571428571429% of Lucas Perez’s goals for Arsenal came from this game. Stellar stuff.

• A 2-2 draw for Ludogorets at Paris St. Germain the same night as this match meant Arsenal would finish top of their Champions League group for the first time since 2011-12.