Oleksandr Zinchenko

Granit Xhaka is in fine form for Arsenal and, after helping them beat Manchester United on Sunday, he jetted off to Bern to pick up an award for his ...

All of us are dreaming, but like I said, there are a lot of games and United are back, City are always there obviously. “To be honest when I just arrived, the quality I saw – obviously I knew the Arsenal team, I knew all of them before – but still, I realised on the pitch that we have everything to achieve the big things,” he told Premier League productions. The Gunners have 50 points from 19 games – their highest ever points total at this stage – and also got a game in hand on their rivals. Xhaka played every minute of the World Cup for Switzerland and has now scooped an award for his performances. Pablo Mari, who is on loan from Arsenal at Monza, wrote: “What a player”. The Swiss beat Cameroon and Serbia to get out of Group G alongside Brazil before being thrashed 6-1 by Portugal in the knockout stages.