Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has claimed that Granit Xhaka's red card made
Arsenal's five-goal loss to Manchester City a "completely different game".
On Saturday Gunners suffered their third consecutive
defeat in the Premier League this season.
And Arsenal's captain Aubameyang, who has been continuously linked with a move away from the Emirates this summer, said that he needs to fulfil his responsibilities as a senior member in the squad to help guide the younger players through the club's rough patch.
About Xhaka's red card, the striker said:
"I just think, as a team, we didn’t do enough. When you play against City, even in 11v11, you have to take risks and you have to be brave on the ball and we didn’t do that today.
"After the red card, it was a completely different game but as I said, it wasn’t enough and everyone has to raise their levels."
"We have to look at ourselves in the mirror and stick together. That’s the only way to go forward," Aubameyang added.
"We are a team and we have to stick together in this moment and as a senior player, we have to show this to the younger players. It’s not going to be easy but we have to give our best.
"We have to say the truth between each other and be honest.
"It will be difficult (for Arteta to build his squad). We have to play with courage and we have to play with everything.
"As I said, we have to take risks and we just didn’t do enough today and that’s it. We have to talk between us players and I think that’s now important because we’re Arsenal and we need pride."
Source -
football.london
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