Iwobi As Creative As Ozil & Mkhitaryan, Arsenal's Top Man Vs Ostersund

Arsenal secured a comfortable 3-0 win over Alhaji Gero's Ostersund in the first leg round of 32 of the Europa League on Thursday evening and have one foot in the last sixteen of the competition.

With the Gunners not involved in any domestic game until February 25, manager Arsene Wenger opted to name a strong starting line-up and handed Alex Iwobi his second start in the Europa League against the Swedish opponents.

According to statistics from whoscored.com, Iwobi was the joint-most creative player on the Jämtkraft Arena turf.

The Hale End Academy product tallied a game-high three key passes, along with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut özil and Danny Welbeck.

The Nigeria wonderkid completed the second most dribbles, three in total, behind Arsenal's top man Héctor Bellerín.

One of Iwobi's two shots was on target, he made one tackle, had a 89 percent passing accuracy, touched the ball 96 times and made 82 passes.

The 21-year-old's other appearances in the Europa League came against Cologne in the group stage.

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