Arsene Wenger hailed Mesut Ozil as the best player in the Premier League and an equal of Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp following another influential display in a 2-0 win over Bournemouth. 
German midfielder Ozil made one assist and scored another at the Emirates Stadium on Monday to help Arsenal back to the top of the table, leaving pundits running out of superlatives to describe his performance. 
Ozil’s statistics are astonishing even by his own high standards.  
So far this season he has made 16 assists and score five goals in the Premier League—closing in fast on the all-time record of 20 assists set by another Arsenal great Thierry Henry.  
Against Bournemouth he set another mark, too, creating nine goalscoring opportunities for teammates—the highest figure registered in the league this season.  No wonder Gunners boss Wenger was happy to suggest his midfielder has been peerless in the league this season.  
When asked if Ozil is now the best player in the Premier League, he said simply: “Look at the number of the assists and they speak for him.” 
The Frenchman also acknowledged comparison with Dutch forward Bergkamp, who was such an inspiration in Wenger’s early days in north London. 
“Bergkamp was more of a goalscorer than him. But now Ozil becomes a goalscorer too. They could be comparable,” he said.  
All this from a player who last season was labelled as a luxury by some onlookers, singled out by Henry as a someone who needed to “step up his game” and accused of drifting out of matches by German legend Lothar Matthaus.  Throughout it all, however, Wenger remained staunchly loyal to a player he signed from Real Madrid, insisting that Ozil would eventually become a Footballer of the Year in England. 
 “Ozil was the focal point of our team,” Wenger said after goals from the German and defender Gilberto, from an Ozil corner, clinched a crucial victory against Bournemouth that sent Arsenal one point clear at the top of the Premier League.