Unai Emery confirmed his decision to leave Mesut Ozil out of Arsenal's squad for Wednesday's match against Spurs was "only tactical."

"It was only a tactical decision," Emery told a news conference. "I thought the players today that are with us were for us the best for this match."

Emery refused to elaborate on the decision or whether he would be open to selling Ozil in January.

"I am thinking about the match on Saturday [against Burnley] and not thinking about another situation," he said. "I am thinking about every player, we have 24, 25 players.

"And when they are playing in one [game], and they are not playing in another, it's a decision for me, and today it's tactical. Tomorrow we are going to train with every player [and see] how they can be for the match against Burnley."