5 most hilarious individual mistakes in the Premier League this season

#4 Granit Xhaka vs. Watford

Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka was signed to give Arsenal’s midfield some much-needed steel, but he’s often been found wanting this season and has come under massive criticism from the fans for supposedly switching off at key times.

He made costly errors against both Stoke and Liverpool early in the season, but his lowest point was definitely against Watford in October.

Arsenal had taken the lead in the game but were pegged back by an equaliser in the 71st minute, and from then it was clear that Watford felt like they could get a winner. Deep into injury time, the Hornets kept pushing and eventually, a chance came.

A shot was blocked by Per Mertesacker and rebounded into the path of Tom Cleverley – whose run had gone unnoticed by Xhaka – and the former Manchester United midfielder hammered home.

Gunners fans were furious with the Swiss midfielder, who could probably have prevented the goal had he bothered to track Cleverley’s late run into the box.

They were enraged even further when some grainy footage appeared to show Xhaka picking his nose rather than keeping an eye on his opponent. It was a hugely costly mistake in a poor season for Xhaka.