Granit Xhaka has started the season in a more advanced midfield role than what's previously played at Arsenal. The Swiss midfielder very much used to be a sitter in the Arsenal engine room, but he is now playing as more of a box-to-box number eight for Mikel Arteta's side.
In Arsenal's game at Brentford, Thomas Partey returned to the side, with the Ghanaian slotting straight in front of the back four, with Xhaka and full Premier League debutant Fabio Vieira further forward. The role change seems to have benefitted Xhaka, who has started the new campaign in impressive form for the Gunners.
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