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Came to use that very word. You got there first. Most overrated midfielder I’ve ever seen. He’d be playing for a second division team 20 years ago when nobody gave a toss about stats and actually watched what players did.Absolute plodder.
BTW wasn't he supposed to be 'press resistant'? Just take the L like you always doLiverpool’s first half and second half were very different. They relaxed their pressing in the second half. Xhaka was decent yet again.
BTW wasn't he supposed to be 'press resistant'? Just take the L like you always do
& that doesn't affect my statement at allYou know you're saying that, but Ceballos didn't actually replace Xhaka's position. Elneny moved left.
He always struggles when pressed. It happens nearly every time we play a team with a decent press. Elneny’s passing is a lot worse but he’s much more press resistant which is probably why he was left on.
BTW wasn't he supposed to be 'press resistant'? Just take the L like you always do
& that's your definition of press resistant or a great performance? You honestly should be banned for claiming to have 'football knowledge'He is. What big mistake did he make?
Can’t have lost the ball more than 3 times, none of which resulted in a goal.
He was just watching the game go by without being able to do anything about the Liverpool press. Did you even watch Ceballos take on Liverpool's press? That is what good midfielders do. Xhaka during his lengthy period has made us forget what a good midfield looks like. He is not even the best midfielder in Arsenal. Ceballos is miles ahead of him and Elneny is closing in on him. If we sign Partey, his career at Arsenal is finished.He is. What big mistake did he make?
Can’t have lost the ball more than 3 times, none of which resulted in a goal.
It’s not about mistakes, it’s about not being capable of taking a pass confidently in high pressure moments and being capable of transitioning the ball. He’s incapable of taking a ball on the half turn to see passes. He’s like a tower block on a skateboard.He is. What big mistake did he make?
Can’t have lost the ball more than 3 times, none of which resulted in a goal.
He was just watching the game go by without being able to do anything about the Liverpool press. Did you even watch Ceballos take on Liverpool's press? That is what good midfielders do. Xhaka during his lengthy period has made us forget how a good midfield looks like. He is not even the best midfielder in Arsenal. Ceballos is miles ahead of him and Elneny is closing in on him. If we sign Partey, his career at Arsenal is finished.
Wasn't he banned along similar lines before or did he just leave?& that's your definition of press resistant or a great performance? You honestly should be banned for claiming to have 'football knowledge'
Exactly. People were here trying to defend Xhaka by making audacious claims that there is no such thing named press resistance Apparently good midfielders just give the ball back to GK or defenders when they are pressedCan someone just show him a video of Ceballos' touches today and Holding and Xhaka's touches so he can understand what press resistance is and isn't?
Or the weight on the pass to Bellerín down the line, the composure in a few other moments there on the right to bring the ball out, do a couple of feints and find a pass (hint: that is press resistance, not passing the ball back to the keeper or hoofing it upfield as soon as someone comes close, or giving the ball away in a dangerous area as he did the one time he tried to dribble and show what would've been press-resistance), or the composure to find Lacazette.Exactly. People were here trying to defend Xhaka by making audacious claims that there is no such thing named press resistance Apparently good midfielders just give the ball back to GK or defenders when they are pressed
They all just got schooled by Ceballos. That back heel pass by Ceballos to unlock Bellerin when he was being pressed by 2 liverpool players is something Xhaka can't even do in his dreams.
Just watching some analysis on Sky, it's hard to play from the back with him there
Exactly. People were here trying to defend Xhaka by making audacious claims that there is no such thing named press resistance Apparently good midfielders just give the ball back to GK or defenders when they are pressed
They all just got schooled by Ceballos. That back heel pass by Ceballos to unlock Bellerin when he was being pressed by 2 liverpool players is something Xhaka can't even do in his dreams.
Forget mistakes. He didn't do anything at all. Of course, even if he doesn't take a single touch, you will call that a great performance because he did not make any mistakes That's the level Xhaka has brought down the club to. Not making mistakes is a great performance these days. If you look at it with that scale, Ceballos just gave a CR7 level performance.There’s nothing wrong with passing it backwards when pressed. The midfield can pass backwards, expecting defenders to make good long balls and attackers to hold the ball up. It’s a solid tactic. Xhaka did not make many mistakes he’s hardly to blame. Did ok.
Forget mistakes. He didn't do anything at all. Of course, even if he doesn't take a single touch, you will call that a great performance because he did not make any mistakes That's the level Xhaka has brought down the club to. Not making mistakes is a great performance these days. If you look at it with that scale, Ceballos just gave a CR7 level performance.
It was a simple pass any decent midfielder could have made. And in the end, we made a goal out of it because of a Liverpool mistake. Xhaka's pass had nothing to do with it.Watch our goal. It was a beautiful pass from Xhaka. Also, why do you think Liverpool were marking him so tightly? They were denying him space, they’re wary of Xhaka’s quality.