Lukas Podolski has jumped to the defence of Arsenal and Germany teammate Mesut Ozil.
Ozil came in for criticism towards the end of last season with his form dipping for Arsenal while he slowly appears to be losing his darling status in the Germany national team.
"Mesut is a world-class player," Podolski said at a press conference on Sunday. "Mesut has the quality and he's going to give us a lot of pleasure.
"He is going to produce the goods in the months and years to come and people have just got to accept him the way he is.
"Just let the lad play football."
