{"id":158434,"date":"2024-03-04T14:14:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/04\/granit-xhaka-using-arsenals-premier-league-title-collapse-as-inspiration-for-bayer-leverkusen\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T14:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T14:14:52","slug":"granit-xhaka-using-arsenals-premier-league-title-collapse-as-inspiration-for-bayer-leverkusen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/04\/granit-xhaka-using-arsenals-premier-league-title-collapse-as-inspiration-for-bayer-leverkusen\/","title":{"rendered":"Granit Xhaka using Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title collapse as inspiration for Bayer Leverkusen \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Granit Xhaka has admitted to using Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title collapse last season as a warning for his high-flying Bayer Leverkusen teammates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Xhaka was part of an Arsenal side that spent a whopping 248 days at the top of last year\u2019s Premier League table and boasted an eight-point lead over Manchester City at one point, only to fall at the final hurdle.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss midfielder left for Leverkusen last summer and now finds himself in a title fight once again. Xabi Alonso\u2019s side sit ten points clear of Bayern Munich and have still not lost a match all season, with many backing Leverkusen to go on and secure the Bundesliga title.<\/p>\n<p>Xhaka, however, is refusing to get ahead of himself, having seen just how wrong things can go last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good and we can be proud of it, but nothing is won yet,\u201d he said after his side\u2019s 2-0 win over Koln. \u201cI\u2019m speaking about my own experience of what happened last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was similar points over second and we didn\u2019t win the league so I know the experience and this is what I share with the dressing room as well. Of course ten points is a lot in football when you have ten games left but ten points when there\u2019s another 30 points you can take, it\u2019s not over.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01hr4f2m7zrdjhpze09a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Granit Xhaka\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Xhaka felt heartbreak with Arsenal \/ Marc Atkins\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Xhaka confessed that his Leverkusen teammates have even turned to him for advice on how to handle a title race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor sure and they know, they\u2019re asking me day by day, \u2018You\u2019ve been in this situation as well, how was it? What happened?\u2019,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to explain it but you can\u2019t explain with words, you have to feel it, that\u2019s why you have to stay humble you have to take it day by day and let\u2019s see where we are after 34 games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to explain it but you can\u2019t explain with words, you have to feel it, that\u2019s why you have to stay humble. You have to take it day by day and let\u2019s see where we are after 34 games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u00a0remain well in the fight for their own title glory this season as well. Mikel Arteta\u2019s side head into Monday\u2019s clash with Sheffield United looking to close the gap to leaders Liverpool to just two points.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granit Xhaka has admitted to using Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title collapse last season as a warning for his high-flying Bayer Leverkusen teammates. Xhaka was part of an Arsenal side that spent a whopping 248 days at the top of last year\u2019s Premier League table and boasted an eight-point lead over Manchester City at one point, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":158435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Granit Xhaka using Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title collapse as inspiration for Bayer Leverkusen \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/04\/granit-xhaka-using-arsenals-premier-league-title-collapse-as-inspiration-for-bayer-leverkusen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Granit Xhaka using Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title collapse as inspiration for Bayer Leverkusen \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Granit Xhaka has admitted to using Arsenal\u2019s Premier League title collapse last season as a warning for his high-flying Bayer Leverkusen teammates. 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