If, like me, you were following the game on BT Sport, you might have caught their after match discussion. For a large segment of it, Martin tore into Mesut’s performance. Here’s a link to the relevant section.

I feel like most fans yesterday were hurt, dissapointed or left empty by the result. For that reason, I can understand why Keown, as a former player and someone who is passionate about the club, would have been so furious.

Defending Mesut’s performances has become a theme for most games, and I’m not here to do that. I don’t have a problem with Keown, or anyone else, who believes Ozil isn’t trying hard enough, or working hard enough, etc. That is not what I want to discuss.

However, I felt he overstepped the mark in particular with this statement:

“He will have some emotional breakdown and won’t play this weekend... I do not know how many illnesses he has had. He was not fit to wear the shirt tonight”

I thought that was a very personal, spiteful remark (and accusation) to make and there should be no place for it. I was very dissapointed that it came from a former player, no less. I don’t care who you play for - Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, whoever: I think personal attacks of that nature are totally inappropriate and I wouldn’t want any player to suffer them from a pundit.

Did anyone else feel similarly?