Arsenal’s Europa League future is in doubt after a 2-1 defeat at Villarreal in the first leg of their semi-final, and Martin Keown has blasted manager Mikel Arteta for his use of Granit Xhaka. The Switzerland international made his fifth consecutive appearance at left-back at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Thursday, when the Gunners lost 2-1 to a team coached by former boss Unai Emery. Xhaka, 28, failed to repel Samuel Chukwueze’s early intrusion into his area, which led to Villarreal taking the lead inside five minutes through Manu Trigueros. He also looked stranded when Raul Albiol headed home Villarreal’s second from a corner after 29 minutes. Nicolas Pepe later converted a penalty...
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