Skipper Xhaka says Arsenal were scared at Watford

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LONDON: Arsenal skipper Granit Xhaka accused his team mates of being scared after the Gunners threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Watford in ...

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LONDON: Arsenal skipper Granit Xhaka accused his team mates of being scared after the Gunners threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Watford in the Premier League on Sunday.

Victory would have put Arsenal in third place and they looked comfortable when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in the first half at Vicarage Road.But Arsenal lost control of the game in the second half as they gifted a goal to Tom Cleverley by trying to play out from the back before a rash challenge by Brazilian David Luiz allowed Roberto Pereyra to score from the spot.

Watford alone had 31 goal attempts, the most Arsenal have faced since Premier League stats partner Opta began collecting data in 2003-04."What went wrong? That's a good question," he told the BBC."At half-time we went to the dressing room and everything was good. Everyone was happy but we came out and played such a bad second half. You have to say we are happy to take a point.

"We were scared in the second half. We knew they would come at us and push us hard but we have to show more character and not be scared. We have spoken about it. We cannot give a performance like this in the second half. "We knew they had nothing to lose and they would come for us but we didn't show our game, we were too scared, nobody wanted the ball," he added."You have to stay calm, be mentally strong and we weren't today."

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