A video has emerged of Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyangbeing asked which team member they would rely on in a fight earlier this year - both immediately answering Sead Kolasinac.
The player has since proved why they may have answered this, after Sead 'The Tank' Kolasinac, leapt out and bravely swung punches at attackers yesterday as muggers threatened himself and Mesut Ozil with a knife.
In a terrifying moment caught on CCTV moped muggers threatened the Arsenal stars with the weapon before chasing them for a mile in an attempted carjacking while they were on a day out.
The pair were ambushed by the robbers at around 5pm yesterday as £350,000-a-week midfielder Ozil drove his black Mercedes G-Class through leafy Childs Hill in north London.
But thanks to defender Kolasinac's bravery the pair got away unscathed after Ozil sped away, overtaking traffic on the wrong side of the road to get away from the 'ninja style' robbers followed them. During the pursuit,
In the interview by Arsenal's Youtube channel filmed in February the players are asked 'If you got into a fight, which Arsenal teammate would you want to help you out.'
Sead 'The Tank' Kolasinac confronting a knife-wielding attacker during the terrifying ordeal yesterday
Chuckling Aubameyang answers Kolasinac and says: 'He's a fighter'
Adding: 'a tough guy.'
Ozil chips in: 'He's a machine.'
During the pursuit yesterday, Kolasinac phoned a nearby Turkish restaurant on Golders Green where they were regulars, before they stopped there and jumped out.
Staff rushed out to defend the Arsenal players from the thugs, who drove off on their mopeds. Ozil's wife, Amine Gulse, was reportedly in the car at the time.
Despite their terrifying ordeal, the pair were all smiles this morning in a photo posted on Twitter by Kolasinac, which was captioned, 'Think we're all fine'.
Kolasinac showed himself walking alongside his teammate in a tweet captioned, 'Think we're all fine'
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