It rather nicely illustrated the difference between a proper goalscorer
and everybody else, those players who are ultimately judged by the number of goals they score and those players who aren't.
Even if Mesut never scores a goal, ever, his is still the first name on the teamsheet.
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Norn Iron
I think it's all natural instinct from Ozil. He's so calm in situations like that, he was never going to rush the chance to finish. I don't think he even thinks like how you've described. It all happens in his own time.
Someone like Alan Shearer would have buried it the minute he's by the keeper. I don't think players have that much time to analyse the situations and play them out differently. Just players with different instincts.