Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has acknowledged that he was not expecting Granit Xhaka to score two long-range strikes over the past three days. Xhaka scored one of the goals of the season so far when finding the roof of the net from 30 yards against Hull City on Saturday afternoon and he replicated that strike with Arsenal's opener in their 4-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night. The Swiss international only scored eight times in 132 appearances for previous club Borussia Monchengladbach after being deployed in a deeper role, and Wenger admits that it was that statistic which led to him underestimating his new signing's shooting ability. When asked if he was aware...
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