Iwobi excites Matthaus ahead Bayern/Arsenal clash

GERMAN World Cup winner, Lothar Matthaus, lumped Alex Iwobi among the “high quality” players in Arsenal and declared that he likes the Nigeria international.

Matthaus made the submission while previewing the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 match between Bayern Munich and Arsenal.

The first leg comes up tonight [Wednesday, 15th February] at Allianz Arena.

“Arsenal also have high quality. You only have to look at Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud to see that, while I also like Alex Iwobi,” Matthaus wrote in The Sun of UK.

“I like watching them offensively but they are so susceptive defensively, despite Shkodran Mustafi, who is a very solid and important player,” he added.

Matthaus, who wrote that he knows the two teams very well, said they had not shown quality in the last few weeks.

However, he said “Bayern have been getting better results but they have not played as well as they did under Pep Guardiola over the past three seasons.

“Sure, they have quality — World Cup winners, Champions League winners, a top goalscorer in Robert Lewandowski and the world’s best goalkeeper in Manuel Neuer — but something’s not working.”

“In Munich, I think Arsenal have to leave Giroud on the bench and play Sanchez through the middle.

“Giroud is really just a box player but Munich will play on the front foot and have the ball most of the time.

“That means Arsenal must play on the counter and that is where Sanchez can do a much more vital and valuable job than Giroud.

“He can use his pace, popping up all over the pitch to take advantage of the space Bayern leave, allowing Iwobi and Ozil to get on the ball.”