Topics: Arsenal, Chelsea, Granit Xhaka, Premier League, Fan Reactions
Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka wore a tracksuit top featuring the initials 'TGB' during his post-match interview with Sky Sports – and fans were quick to speculate about the detail.
The 30-year-old Switzerland international was one of the standout performers on Tuesday night as the Gunners secured another crucial win in this season's hotly-contested Premier League title race.
In fact, Mikel Arteta's side went 3-0 up after just 34 minutes against Chelsea, with Xhaka grabbing both assists for Martin Odegaard's first-half brace before Gabriel Jesus made it three.
Noni Madueke pulled a goal back for the visitors shortly after the hour mark but Arsenal comfortably held on to retake top spot.
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After the full-time whistle, Man of the Match contender Xhaka joined former Premier League trio Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Cesc Fabregas and Patrick Vieira on the Emirates touchline to speak about Tuesday's result.
And as he stood alongside Sky Sports host David Jones, fans picked on the fact he was wearing a tracksuit top with the initials 'TGB' sprawled across the front.
Some Arsenal fans went on to suggest that TGB is an acronym for 'Tottenham get battered'.
One posted a picture of Xhaka conducting his interview with the caption: "Proper sh*thousery from Xhaka! TOTTENHAM GET BATTERED everywhere they gooo! TGB."
Another said: "Unreal scenes from my man Granit," while a third wrote: "If Arsenal made Xhaka wear this jacket with them initials potentially meaning ‘Tottenham Get Battered’ for this interview I swear I will love this club more than I already do."
A fourth added: "Fully didn’t clock this last night thought he was wearing someone else’s jacket,"
On the other hand, a far more likely explanation is that Xhaka borrowed the tracksuit top from Tom Geeson-Brown, who works at the club as a first-team Performance Nutritionist.
Away from his attire and the in-form Arsenal midfielder opened up to Sky Sports about his role this season.
“Mikel wants me to be in the box, to try and score and get assists,” he said. “I think I’ve been in a good position to score today as well but Kepa [Arrizabalaga] did two amazing saves. This is part of my game now and I’ll try to do my best.
“I don’t want to lose the other part as well that I have because that’s what brought me here but I have to be a little bit more calm.
“I had a different story here with many red cards, yellow cards and of course with experience and age you start to learn about this and I’m looking different but I think inside I have the other part of Granit.”
