Mesut Ozil has slammed criticism of his shirt-swap with Geoffrey Kondogbia.
The Arsenal playmaker and the Monaco midfielder swapped playing shirts at half-time of the Champions League knockout clash at the Stade Louis II on Tuesday night which has attracted plenty of negative attention.
But Ozil told Sky Sports Germany that is not such a big deal and has urged pundits to stop worrying about miniscule things within matches.
"Geoffrey Kondogbia asked me for my shirt and I wanted to do him a favour," said Ozil.
"Maybe I should have given him the shirt in the tunnel. But seriously guys, is there nothing more important to discuss for a knockout game than a shirt swap?"
