On January 14, Beijing time, the first leg of the English League Cup semi-finals, Arsenal challenged Liverpool away. As a result, in the opening 24 minutes, the Swiss defender Xhaka was sent off with a red card!
For Xhaka, Arsenal fans have always loved and hated it. Love is his broad vision, excellent footwork, hate is that he plays recklessly, easy to make mistakes, and big mistakes, is to send points and dye red.
That's the way it is in this game. In the 24th minute, Robertson's long pass, Jota received the ball to form a single knife, Zaka barbs to break the loop, the ball did not kick, but a kick hit Jota's chest.
Obviously, this was an obvious scoring opportunity, Xhaka destroyed it by committing a foul, even if he didn't rush to the people, he had to get a red card, he was sent off, he also knew that he was wrong, and he could only leave with his head down.
Xhaka was sent off? Not surprising! Because he is famous as the "Red Card King". According to the data, since joining Arsenal in the 2016-2017 season, Xhaka has been red for the fifth time in all competitions (the first in the League Cup), the most of all players in the Premier League in the same period!
This season, Xhaka has received the Ruby Card twice, the first time against Manchester City in August last year, when he was sent off in the 35th minute, making Arsenal, who was already 0-2 behind, even worse, and finally lost 0-5!
Because it was a direct red card, then Xhaka will definitely miss the next two big games: the North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur on January 17 and the second leg of the League Cup on January 21.