It also pointed to the general malaise affecting the Premier League side and which eventually cost Unai Emery his job. Arteta has instilled a new team ethic at Arsenal and Xhaka has clearly bought into it—working tirelessly in front of his defence at Wembley on Saturday to help keep City at bay. “The challenge with Granit was to convince him that there was still a place for him here,” Arteta told reporters. Winning their last two games would also give them an outside chance of achieving that through their league position. “I wanted to get to this point with options and clearly we have options,” Arteta said.

Source: The Star July 21, 2020 21:00 UTC