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Once again, we have seen an Arsenal player overreact to an opponent, and once again we now have to do without Granit Xhaka for the next three games after the VAR persuaded the referee to change his decision to yellow. to direct red.
Mohammed Elneny was about to suffer the same fate as well, but fortunately he escaped with only a yellow, although the replay saw the Egyptian clearly push James Tarkowski’s face with both hands. Here’s what Arteta said when asked by Arsenal.com if Granit Xhaka’s behavior was unacceptable. “Absolutely.” he said.
“Yes, but honestly, I think it was unacceptable to do that action, and the players are at a time when they are so willing to do more and fight more and show how committed they are, to be alive in the game, than in this time Granit has been exceeded.
“It’s another action with Mo that I haven’t seen, but it looks similar. We cannot make those mistakes because they are the wrong approach to what we are trying to do. “
So since Arteta took over, Arsenal have had 7 red cards dealt, with the next highest team only having three. If the boss thinks that means the players are “compromised” then obviously it’s a ploy that doesn’t work when you look at our position at the table.
Arteta’s retaliation was not simply “unacceptable”, it was totally unnecessary and simply shows that Xhaka is not in control of his actions, or simply does not care what the consequences are. We have seen this too many times from the Swiss international and it is time for him to grow up and accept some responsibility. Don’t you think?
