Emmanuel Petit slams the 'ghost' Mesut Ozil

Mesut Ozil has been a ghost for two years and has lost his desire to be a world class football player, according to Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit. “Mesut Ozil was taken off at half-time. I'm a big fan of his, but he has been a ghost for two years,” Petit told the Daily Mirror. “Where is the Ozil who was one of the best players around, making so many assists and goals? I think he has lost his desire on the pitch, it's not there any more.” Petit added: “In defence they are weak, they're average. They make individual and collective errors. “Sometimes you have to laugh. Their injuries are not an excuse, most of the players who stepped in are individuals. The quality they had been showing vanished [in the Brighton game] and it became obvious what their weakest link was - the defence. “I don't know what's going on with some of these players. During the long unbeaten run, you thought Arsenal are back on track. But now I look back at the number of those games in which they were lucky and, suddenly, reality returned.”

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