Granit Xhaka: You need to have b*lls to play these games

Arsenal midfielder lays into unnamed colleagues as Arsenal blow chance to secure Champions League football for the first time in six seasons

FUMING: Granit Xhaka criticised some team-mates in a post-match interview on Sky.

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has launched a scathign attack on his colleagues and those who didn't "have the balls" when and where it mattered most - on the pitch.

After his manager Mikel Arteta admitted that Arsenal deserved "nothing" from their 2-0 defeat at Newcastle - a loss that all but ends their hope of lucrative Champions League next season - the Swiss skipper wen further on Sky Sports, saying: "From the first minute to the 90th we didn't deserve to be on the pitch.