“Worst player in the world” – Some fans slam Arsenal ‘fraud’ after BATE defeat

Some Arsenal fans have slammed Granit Xhaka for his performance during Thursday night’s embarrassing 1-0 defeat to BATE Borisov in the Europa League.

We flew out to Belarus as the red-hot favourites to bring home a comfortable result against a BATE side that hadn’t played a competitive game since December and that we scored 10 goals against over two games last season.

However, the Arsenal players produced one of their worst performances of the season to slump to a shock 1-0 defeat which leaves us needing to turn things around in the second leg at the Emirates to reach the last-16.

Arsenal started well and should have opened the scoring during a dominant first twenty minutes but Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alexandre Lacazette both missed excellent chances.

We were made to pay as BATE broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time when Stanislav Dragun headed home following poor marking by Sead Kolasinac from a free-kick.

Arsenal dominated possession for long periods but struggled to create anything of note and a lack of service from midfield to Lacazette and substitute Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was a real problem throughout the game.

Lacazette’s frustrations boiled over late on after he was sent off for throwing a stray elbow and it capped a disastrous night for Arsenal that will go down as one of our worst European defeats in recent history.

Pretty-much the entire team was poor on the night but Xhaka has come under particular scrutiny from some fans after a woeful performance in the middle of the park.

The Switzerland international was booked after just 8 minutes, had no positive affect on the game and infuriated fans with a succession of corners that failed to even beat the first man.

Fans have vented their frustrations on social media and one supporter has claimed Xhaka is the worst football player in the world while another branded him a ‘fraud’ following his abject display against BATE.

Check out what some fans have been saying here:

XHAKA IS THE WORST FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE WORLD

— D. (@RolDi__) February 14, 2019

Xhaka is the biggest fkin fraud/passenger at the club, getting shown up by a 19yr old AGAIN, Iwobi's feet are at the bottom of the wrong legs, & cech in goal Kos mustafi & nacho bk 3 makes me want to put basketballs up my arse like anal beads instead of watching us play FML #COYG

— MancGoonian (@SiCoManc) February 14, 2019

Embarrassing that Xhaka hasn’t been able to beat the first man on many occasions? #UEL

— Louis Engel (@LouisEngel7) February 14, 2019

Xhaka struggling in defensive situations agianst these clowns..

— Cheap Heat (@AFCCB1079) February 14, 2019

Ffs Xhaka can’t even take a corner

— Jazz (@jazz_sian) February 14, 2019

From watching Cazorla to having to watch Xhaka every week???????

— Nathan Minas (@MinasNathan99) February 15, 2019

Joe Willock…should be in our eleven..had enough of Xhaka etc

— Chris Hudson (@Ch1Hudson) February 14, 2019

They big a 19 year old coz he 19 and performs really well for his hence u can see his potential, Xhaka no matter what u say is easily upgradable he can pass yes but isn’t particularly great under pressure, can’t run, liability defensively, not exactly creative

— Mdotgooner (@mdotgooner) February 15, 2019

When u have banter players like Xhaka and Mustafi you're gonna have banter results.

— Nathan Minas (@MinasNathan99) February 14, 2019