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Published 08:52 4 May 2018 BST
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It didn't help him, yet again, that the man he has placed so much faith and so much money in just stood idly by and watched the house burn down - making sure all the while he wouldn't suffer a scratch.
Mesut Ozil, one of the finest passers of a ball, one of the sharpest eyes for a move, is also one of the flakiest characters in this sport and, against a packed, menacing Atletico defence with a place in the final at stake, he was not the man for the job. Call it old-fashioned, call it English even, but he did not fancy it.
And Martin Keown has seen quite enough of this rubbish from the German who is all-too-prone to these sort of nights on the periphery.
"It seems he picks and chooses his games. He was on the edge of things tonight," Keown went off on an almighty rant on BT Sport. "He got lost in the defensive traffic. You can hide a bit in that wide position. "I think he can demand the ball, he can get on the ball, he can make things tick. As a Vieira would've done. Show some drive, show so energy, but he's on the edge of it. It's almost like his hands are in the air, 'look at this group, they aren't as good as me'. "Somebody needed to grab him a long time ago, give him a shake and say, 'we're trying to get the ball to you. We are working for you but you're not working for us'. "I bet he doesn't play again this season. He'll have some emotional breakdown and he won't be able to play at the weekend. I don't know how many illnesses he's had this season but he's not kidding me."https://twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/992291987113021440
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