Manager Arsene Wenger will not be given the sendoff he dreamed of at Arsenal, after they were beaten 2-1 on aggregate by Atletico Madrid in the Europa League semi-final.

With the score 1-1 from the first leg, former Chelsea striker Diego Costa returned to the Atletico side to haunt the Gunners again and it was his composed strike on the brink of half-time which ended their European hopes.

Antoine Griezmann slipped the crucial pass through to Costa after coming close with a powerful shot from a tight angle.

The Gunners dominated for most of the game but for all their possession they could not find the killer ball to break down a rigid Atletico defence.

It was same old Arsenal in the eyes of many fans and one player who received the brunt of the criticism was German midfielder, Mesut Ozil.

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown said Ozil was "not fit to wear the shirt" in their Europa League semi-final defeat.

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