Former Chelsea defender Robert Huth believes Mesut Ozil's workrate has improved under Unai Emery.

But he still thinks Arsenal cannot afford to have luxury players in their team.

Ozil scored his third goal of the season as the Gunners beat Watford 2-0 on Saturday, adding to the strikes he notched against Newcastle United and FC Vorskla Poltava.

The midfielder is never far from controversy and is often the scapegoat when it comes to poor performances for being the luxury player in the team, the player who does not track back, the player who plays the pretty football, but does none of the dirty work.

Ozil retired from international football following a disastrous World Cup campaign with Germany in Russia, with the former champions failing to get out of the group stage.

And Huth, a former German international himself, understand why Ozil comes in for criticism.

Speaking on Sky Sports' Goals on Sunday show, the 34-year-old said: "His workrate has improved under Emery and once they're 1-0 up the space was there for him to express himself.

"But when you're on the pitch you need 11 players to work, you really can't afford to have players that don't work, that coast, you need them from the first to last minute, like [Jose] Mourinho would say, like Emery would say now, you need to work to get a win, it's tough to get a win in the Premier League and you need every player to push in the same direction.


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