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“His position is becoming much more advanced, a box-to-box player. He’s scoring goals off his right foot. Two in two, and I think he’s been given that licence like Man City players are – I think Arteta’s copying what Pep Guardiola does. I think the midfield players in the side are deeper and can get forward.”
Xhaka has benefited from a more resolute defence that has allowed him to join the attack in a front five with Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard.
The addition of William Saliba to the squad has reinforced the defence, while Arteta has also opted for more defensive-minded full-backs as Ben White has taken over on the right while Takehiro Tomiyasu has been preferred to Kieran Tierney on the left while Oleksandr Zinchenko has been absent due to injury.
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