Chief Sports Writer for the Mail on Sunday Oliver Holt has jumped to Granit Xhaka’s defence after the midfield’s controversial reaction to Arsenal fans on Sunday.If ever there was an example of how not to react to boos from your home crowd, it was Xhaka’s. The Gunners captain was jeered as he slowly meandered off the pitch at Emirates Stadium, which admittedly isn’t a particularly pleasant thing to happen, but there are certain ways to go about things when you’re in the public eye and he definitely should’ve counted to ten before deciding to cup his ears and goad the crowd further.To make matters, worse Xhaka then ripped off his shirt, dodged past Unai Emery and stormed down the tunnel and hasn’t been seen or heard of since.Watch Arsenal Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below
Before we launch relentless attacks on his character, however, we must remember Xhaka was thrust into a particularly unpleasant situation. Just for a moment imagine if you were sacked from your job and as you left the office with your box of possessions in hand and pride in tatters, your former coworkers, who you thought liked you, started jeering and booing you.
With reference to what he clearly believes were double standards in play, Holt posted…
