#3 Granit Xhaka sent off, again
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Arsene Wenger has defended Granit Xhaka’s disciplinary record recently saying, “You can see in his game he is not a dirty player. Overall I am quite happy with his defensive evolution. He is less spectacular in his tackling and he stays more on his feet. He uses his body better to win the challenges and his recovery runs are stronger when the ball goes behind him. Before he was a little bit in the moon.”
It’s an honest assessment, but it comes with the domain of being a defensive enforcer in midfield. Xhaka has made the most number of tackles of all his Arsenal team-mates – 52. But he has to learn to keep his cool in situations and not get sent off, like he did against Burnley for a reckless challenge on Defour.
Xhaka is now the most sent-off player in all of Europe’s top 5 leagues for the last two seasons.
