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| Flashpoint: Mesut Ozil was sternly rebuked by teammate Mathieu Flamini during the second half of Arsenal's 2-0 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday night |
Mathieu Flamini tore into Mesut Ozil
in the middle of Arsenal's Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich on
Wednesday night, apparently accusing the German of a lack of effort.
The
flashpoint came in the second half after a Bayern move broke down and
the ball is collected from behind the goal by Lukas Fabianski.
Ozil
points his finger accusingly in the direction of defender Laurent
Koscielny but is given a stern rebuke by Flamini, leading to a little
bit of pushing and shoving between the pair.
The exchange of words summed up
Arsenal's frustrations on a night when they were once again outclassed
by the German champions, who took a firm grip on the last 16 tie with a
2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium.
And
£42.5million man Ozil was especially disappointing - bought to
influence matches such as this, he was largely anonymous and drew a heap
of criticism from fans on Twitter.
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| Critical: Mesut Ozil was shouted at by his teammate and German compatriot Per Mertesacker after not applauding the travelling Arsenal fans after defeat at Manchester City back in December |
His
heat map from the first leg match showed up Ozil's lack of
perspiration, but accusations of laziness were dispelled by the fact he
ran 11.69km during the 90 minutes - the third highest on the pitch.
However, Flamini covered an impressive
13.53km - the highest of anyone - and was so vindicated in his stinging
criticism of Ozil.
Ozil's
bad night was compounded when he saw a poor penalty saved by Bayern
goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the opening stages of the game.
Arsenal
would rue the miss, as goals from Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller gave
Bayern a comfortable advantage to take back to Germany after Gunners
goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny had been sent off four a foul on Arjen
Robben.
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