Shkodran Mustafi will be the first to admit that this season has not gone to plan.
When a difficult spell left us out of the Emirates FA Cup and 13 points adrift of the top four in the Premier League, Per Mertesacker held a team meeting and called for an immediate response.
The reaction has been positive. After returning to winning ways in the league against Watford we booked our place in the Europa League quarter-final, and Mustafi says we can take positives from our recent upturn in form.
“To be honest, this season has been more disappointing for us because we had bigger targets,” he told Arsenal Player.