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title: "Arsenal: Fans slam Granit Xhaka’s display v Man City"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/granit-xhaka-man-city-premier-league/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2022-01-01T15:10:33Z"
modified: "2022-01-01T15:10:33Z"
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# Arsenal: Fans slam Granit Xhaka’s display v Man City

**Many Arsenal fans were critical of the performance of Granit Xhaka in their 2-1 loss at home to Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime.**

The home side would have felt very hard done by at the end, as a [penalty given away](https://www.skysports.com/football/arsenal-vs-manchester-city/report/446488) by the Switzerland international was followed by a quick red card for Gabriel, which essentially turned the game on its head after they were 1-0 up at the Emirates Stadium.

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Aside from the penalty that he gave up, Xhaka also lost out on seven of his duels and failed to record a single shot on goal, successful dribble, key pass, cross or accurate long ball, while he managed fewer touches than his own goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale ([SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/arsenal-manchester-city/rsR)).

Some Gooners were most disappointed with him giving the penalty away on Bernardo Silva, a moment which got City back in the game at a point when they were trailing to the home side.

### Arsenal fans slam Xhaka

These Arsenal slammed Xhaka’s performance on Twitter, with one going as far as to claim that he was a ‘liability’:

**“Get Xhaka out of my club. So painful to watch.”**

[Credit: @Ludakhalifa](https://twitter.com/Ludakhalifa/status/1477282670073761796)

**“Xhaka is a liability”**

[Credit: @SiHanTheGooner](https://twitter.com/SiHanTheGooner/status/1477281368165863427)

**“Xhaka needs to be sold though. It’s been known.”**

[Credit: @fabianmanzoni](https://twitter.com/fabianmanzoni/status/1477281013877329922)

**“Xhaka spoils the game yet again”**

[Credit: @LloydBurns](https://twitter.com/LloydBurns/status/1477280094569869313)

**“Xhaka needs to leave Arsenal…”**

[Credit: @towluuh](https://twitter.com/towluuh/status/1477279894799364103)

**“That’s why we’ll never go anywhere with Xhaka. Simple.”**

[Credit: @JayRowlatt](https://twitter.com/JayRowlatt/status/1477279593010769927)

***In other news,*** [***find out which City player’s display was slammed by some of their fans***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-news/city-fans-slam-nathan-ake-arsenal/)