Judge Ozil in the long term

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is in no doubt Mesut Ozil’s class will eventually tell — and one day perhaps even see him immortalised with a statue outside the Emirates Stadium like Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry.

Ozil made a promising start following his £42.5 million signing from Real Madrid at the end of the summer transfer window, but has struggled to make an impact in the last few months.

That frustrating inconsistency was epitomised by a costly penalty miss in the Champions League last-16 first leg defeat against Bayern Munich on Wednesday night.