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Henry upset Arsenal fans making Xhaka a scapegoat

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry says Granit Xhaka doesn't deserve to be made a scapegoat for their form woes.

Henry wrote for The Sun: "Granit Xhaka got a lot of stick for Watford's late winner against Arsenal last weekend.

"But the midfielder's role in the goal was only the end of the movie. There was a lot more to the storyline before that.

"There were five or six individual defensive errors committed before Xhaka was slow to react on the edge of the box, allowing Tom Cleverley to nip in ahead of him and slam home for Watford.

"There were too many Arsenal players not sensing danger, too many with the wrong mindset.

"It's a team problem not an individual one."

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