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Key battle: Xhaka v Wijnaldum
- Updated: August 10, 2016
Arsenal take on Liverpool this opening weekend with two of their summer recruits set to face each other.
Granit Xhaka and Georginio Wijnaldum both showed the positive aspects of their play last season but they will also be looking to improve in other areas. For Xhaka, his disciplinary record, and for Wijnaldum, his inability to reproduce his prolific home scoring form in away matches.
Arsenal have certainly added some bite to their squad with the £34m capture of Xhaka. The 23-year-old Swiss midfielder captained Borussia Monchengladbach to a fourth-place finish in the Bundesliga last season and in doing so picked up as many red cards as he did goals, three apiece. His three red cards were the most in the Bundesliga in 2015/16. In fact, he has seen red six times in all competitions in the last three seasons.
No player has picked up more cards in the Bundesliga than Xhaka in the last three seasons …
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