Record signing Ozil has been criticised for his penalty miss and performance against the European champions, and he was seen having an argument with Flamini on the pitch in the second half.
Flamini has shrugged off the incident, however, saying Ozil is one of his “closest team-mates” at the club.
“When you’re a journalist or you’re a fan seeing it from the outside, it’s difficult to interpret it,” Flamini told Arsenal Player. “But Mesut is one of my closest team-mates and we were on the pitch.
“It was not about arguing it was just about communication. Mesut is a winner, I’m a winner; we were both fighting because we just wanted to give everything to the team to make sure we defended properly.
“It was about communication, but at the end of the day it proves to everyone that we really wanted to win and we’re winners. It’s important, as you want a team with character, not a team who doesn’t react.”
Flamini also defended Ozil for his disappointing performance in their 5-1 defeat to Liverpool.
“He is one of the players who ran the most [in that game],” he said. “He’s a very offensive player and he’s not used to doing so much dirty work but he did it and I’m very proud of him because he gave everything until the last minute.
“Everyone is behind him and, like I said before, he’s one of my closest team-mates. We do everything together here and I feel close to him. On the pitch and outside the pitch.
“Everyone is very happy to have him here because he’s such a talented player and I don’t understand why people are hard on him.”
Passionate midfielder Flamini was also said to have clashed with Jack Wilshere in training on Friday, but the England international quickly made light of the incident on Twitter.
He wrote: “Just read I had a ‘bust up’ in training today! That’s news to me! Anyway….who would mess with Flamini? #Nutter”
Written by Steve Milne @stevenmilnelive
