Granit Xhaka believes Arsenal’s victory at Southampton on Thursday night was crucial to keeping their slim chances of European qualification alive. "@m8arteta on Granit Xhaka pic.twitter.com/WqhEaWaB6R — Arsenal (@Arsenal) June 25, 2020“Of course, we had to win,” he said when asked if victory was important for Arsenal’s hopes of qualifying for Europe. “How I said before we didn’t play well last week and then we were a little bit unlucky (at Brighton). I think we all work very hard, we had a game plan and Mikel did very good preparation for us. Other than that, we definitely deserved something, but we gave them two goals.

Source: Irish Independent June 26, 2020 10:52 UTC