Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade Chamberlain has made the most of his long term injury lay off, to the best of his advantages, as the winger looks to makr his mark on the Gunners first team in the new year.
The England international suffered an unfortunate long term knee injury in Arsenal’s opening day defeat at home to Aston Villa.
But the winger has stepped up his recovery during his rehabilitation and looks set to make a return to Arsene Wenger’s first team set up, as the Gunners push for the title.
Speaking to ARSENAL TV, he stated……
You do get to watch the game from a different aspect,”
“I watch every home game from higher up and you see a lot more of the pitch there. Sometimes the game looks so much easier when you’re sat up there because you can see all the spaces and when you’re on the pitch everything looks completely different.
“You do learn things when you watch it from a different angle, especially when you’re watching the boys play and how the team’s playing and how we’re moving and the people in your position.
“That can definitely help, for me I think I’ve taken this opportunity really to work on myself in a more physical way, in a more physical aspect, looking at areas of my body and strengthening different areas. Stuff like your hips that you wouldn’t really think about strengthening prior to getting an injury like this.
“I think people who have had long-term injuries will be able to tell you that you don’t understand how important little things like hip stability and your core is and your pelvis. All the little things like this can help to prevent injuries so I’ve been doing loads of that to give myself the best chance of coming back stronger and then preventing any niggles and injuries in the future.”
Oxlade Chambelain will also set a target for a place in Roy Hodgson’s World Cup squad in Brazil next summer, as he wants to fit back into the Arsenal first team fold.
By Ben Reardon
@BenReardon1
