Arsenal stars Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac were attacked by knife-wielding moped thugs in a suspected robbery attempt.

Ozil, 30, was driving Kolasinac, 26, through Hampstead, northwest London, in a black Mercedes SUV when they were ambushed by two men on Thursday.

Footage shows Kolasinac, a left back for Arsenal and Bosnia and Herzegovina known as "The Tank", get out of the car and confront the attackers, who were filmed brandishing knives at the 26-year-old.

They then fled the scene in the car, pursued by the moped attackers, according to the Mail Online.

Ozil drove to a Turkish restaurant on Golders Green Road, where staff helped them chase away the robbers, the website reported.