Granite Xhaka acknowledged her fear of the armory against Watford

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka admitted his team had been hit by fear of Watford, especially in the second half.

Arsenal performed quite well against Watford on the first lap of Vicarage Road on Sunday (9/15/2019). At that time, they managed to score two goals in front of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

But in the second half, Arsenal were completely eliminated by Watford. This caused two mistakes made by Sokratis Papastathooulos and David Luiz.

These two errors also caused the creation of Watford lenses. The first passed Tom Cleverley, then Roberto Pereyra's penalty.

Watford was also lucky not to win this match. In injury time extension, Abdoulaye Doucoure managed to shoot Bernd Leno.


Recognition of Xhaka

After the match, Xhaka admitted that the Arsenal character was lost in the second round. The reason they were discouraged by Watford's aggressive play.

"Everything was wrong [in the second half] We didn't play our game," Xhaka said on Sky Sports.

"We are afraid, we know that they will encourage us more in the second half, but we must show more characters and games, and don't be afraid, you cannot give such a performance," he said. he acknowledged.

Many problems

Cleverley's goal began when Sokratis offered a pass from inside the penalty box to Guendouzi. The pass was too weak and was finally erased by Gérard Deulofeu.

Xhaka admitted that Arsenal still had tactical problems from behind. But he also pointed out that the shooter also had many other problems.

"We practiced for shots, of course, mistakes were there, but that was not the reason, we had to do better next time," he said.

"We have to analyze and then we will see what happens." "This situation is not only a problem, but also the overall performance in the second half," Xhaka said.

Arsenal must clean up quickly after fighting against Watford. Because Granit Xhaka et al are expected by Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany to play the first match of the 2019-20 European League.

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