{"id":1107737,"date":"2019-09-22T20:27:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T19:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1107737"},"modified":"2019-09-22T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T19:32:09","slug":"xhaka-boos-arsenal-fans-emery","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/xhaka-boos-arsenal-fans-emery\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal manager Unai Emery responds to Granit Xhaka boos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Unai Emery believes Granit Xhaka will improve if he has Arsenal fans&#8217; support after the midfielder was booed during the Gunners&#8217; 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Switzerland international has come under fire in recent weeks, with Arsenal fans unimpressed at a number of sub-par performances.<\/p>\n<h2>Xhaka under fire: Five things to know&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Xhaka has played 139 times for Arsenal since joining the club in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>But the ex-Gladbach man has often been a scapegoat for poor team performances.<\/li>\n<li>Arsenal fans were unimpressed with his showing against Aston Villa on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>So much so that they cheered Emery&#8217;s decision to bring him off in the 72nd minute.<\/li>\n<li>Emery has labelled Xhaka a &#8220;very important player&#8221; for the north Londoners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7373702-tammy-abraham-can-equal-a-unique-luis-suarez-feat-vs-liverpool<\/p>\n<p>Xhaka was the target of jeers from the Emirates stands during Sunday&#8217;s game and certain sections of the crowd even cheered as Emery withdrew the midfielder in the 72nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>But Emery insists he&#8217;s happy with Xhaka&#8217;s performances of late and has insisted the 26-year-old will only get better with the backing of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need our supporters. We need them helping each player. Our responsibility is to transmit our quality,&#8221; Emery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/arsenal-press-conference-live-villa-16963093\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> reporters after Sunday&#8217;s match.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=buROq74yI1o<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe played very well on Thursday, last week in Watford. Today I changed him because he played for 90 minutes [in midweek].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cXhaka is a very important player for us. He has a big commitment and he is improving. I am not asking people to support him but I am sure he is going to achieve the best things if the supporters help him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emery went on to say that Xhaka has reacted well to the criticism he&#8217;s received and that his commitment levels haven&#8217;t wavered as a result.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1107734\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/arsenal-villa-palace-wolves-stories-stats-missed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1107734\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1107734\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/22200114\/palace-arsenal-missed-featured.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/22200114\/palace-arsenal-missed-featured.png 1920w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/22200114\/palace-arsenal-missed-featured-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/22200114\/palace-arsenal-missed-featured-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/22200114\/palace-arsenal-missed-featured-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/22200114\/palace-arsenal-missed-featured-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/22200114\/palace-arsenal-missed-featured-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/09\/22200114\/palace-arsenal-missed-featured-940x530.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1107734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/arsenal-villa-palace-wolves-stories-stats-missed\">Saka\u2019s day cut short and Nuno turns tinker man: Stats and stories you may have missed from non-TV games<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>He added: &#8220;We are professional, the coach, the players. He [Xhaka] knows he can receive criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be mature and experienced to continue working. The next match is another challenge for the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, he is a very important player, I am going to support him. His commitment and behaviour is great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s dramatic win lifts them to joint-third in the Premier League table, with a League Cup clash against Nottingham Forest and a crunch match away to Manchester United up next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unai Emery believes Granit Xhaka will improve if he has Arsenal fans&#8217; support after the midfielder was booed during the Gunners&#8217; 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Sunday. The Switzerland international has come under fire in recent weeks, with Arsenal fans unimpressed at a number of sub-par performances. Xhaka under fire: Five things to know&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":1104925,"parent":0,"menu_order":5023,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Xhaka boos: Arsenal boss Emery responds to negative fan reaction","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Unai Emery has called for Arsenal fans to \"support\" Granit Xhaka following the Gunners 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1107737","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Xhaka boos: Arsenal boss Emery responds to negative fan reaction<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unai Emery has called for Arsenal fans to 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