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Theo Walcott has hailed the performances of Mesut Ozil , saying that he “makes football look easy”.

The German World Cup winner is a fan-favourite at Arsenal after making the club-record move from Real Madrid in 2013.

But he was criticised for his performance against Olympiakos in midweek, as Arsenal suffered a second consecutive Champions League defeat.

Despite that, Walcott still says that it is a pleasure to play alongside the playmaker.

Speaking to Arsenal.com, he said: “The first thing he does when he has the ball, in fact when he hasn’t even got the ball, is that he looks.

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“He looks first before he gets the ball and he knows where he’s going to play it before he’s even got it. That just shows the sort of quality we have in this team.

“Mesut’s involvement in the Stoke goal sums it up and also shows what he can do for this team. He makes football look easy and he's a special player who has so many assists in his game.

“He can do it anywhere on the pitch, he’s a threat from anywhere and when you’ve got that in your dressing room you can build on it.

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“I know what he’s going to do now when he’s got the ball, I just need to keep making those runs and hopefully we can get that relationship going.”

Ozil was not included on the Ballon d'Or's 59-man longlist for the 2014 award.

Only two Arsenal players, Alexis Sanchez and David Ospina, made the cut.

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