Arsenal manager Unai Emery has said his decision to bench Mesut Ozil is part of a strategy that has been approved by Gunners executives.
Ozil is Arsenal's highest earner but has made only one start this season, and Emery has offered his response when asked if he feels under "any pressure" from the club's hierarchy to start the German, per Sam Dean at the Daily Telegraph:
"Here we have one agreed strategy as a club and a team. Because the most important thing is the club, the team and finding a performance. Previously we were all speaking between us to take that decision.