Thierry Henry believes he has the reason for Mesut Ozil's excellent form at the start of the season - Alexis Sanchez.
The £42million German star has been at the heart of Arsenal's bright start to the campaign, with the Gunners unbeaten since the opening day - a run of 13 matches.
Ozil, 28, has been hugely impressive in terms of his overall performance, but has also added a greater goal threat to his game, with six already this term.
That's just two less than the World Cup winner managed in the entirety of 2015-16 and the club's record goalscorer believes that he has Arsene Wenger's decision to use Chilean star Alexis as the focal point at the tip of the side's attack.
The former Barcelona star has spent much of his first two years at the Emirates being utilised in a wide berth.
But now, despite the presence of Olivier Giroud and £17million Lucas Perez in the Gunners' squad, Alexis has made the No.9 spot his own - with Henry believing his pace, movement and intelligence is getting the best out of Ozil.
Mesut Ozil - Goals
45 Apps 8 Goals
2015-16
13 Apps 6 Goals
2016-17
"By myself, I always said in the past two years that Sanchez could be used as an option as a centre-forward," declared Henry, speaking at an event for Puma.
"He's finally playing as a centre forward. He does it for Chile, so it's not something that he doesn't know how to do.
"He did it for Udinese also in Italy and does it ever so well.
"When you have a guy who as a No.9, the way he puts pressure, the way he moves, his vision for the ball, that creates a lot of holes for Ozil.
"That’s why Ozil is scoring a lot of goals – off the movement of Alexis Sanchez."