And he was less then impressed, commenting: “He doesn’t look very up for it there.
“It does get cold down on the south coast but he’s taken it to another level.”
Sidwell, co-pundit Alex Scott and Sky Sports presenter David Jones all laughed at the incident.
Ozil impressed in the 3-1 win over Burnley last Saturday, his first league start since November 11.
Mesut Ozil was questioned over his attire ahead of Brighton vs Arsenal (Image: SKY SPORTS/GETTY)
Mesut Ozil: Steve Sidwell criticised the Arsenal star for wearing a snood ahead of Brighton (Image: SKY SPORTS)
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Mesut Ozil started an away league game for Arsenal for the first time since October (Image: GETTY)
And Scott says the decision to start him at the Amex was the right one.
“I think from his performance at the weekend he deserves to be in that starting line up,” the former Arsenal Women star said.
“Especially against a team like Brighton, you need a player like Ozil in there that like he showed with that pass against Burnley the other day, he can open teams up.
“There is a lot of big talk about him at the moment and he needs to put in another big performance.”