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‘Very, very powerful’: Bernd Leno says one Arsenal player’s shots are absolutely ‘impossible’ to stop

Shamanth Jayaram

Thu 24 March 2022 17:45, UK

Arsenal star Bernd Leno rated his teammate Granit Xhaka’s topꦇ goals in a.

The Swiss international often divides opinion at the Emirates but if꧋ there’s one thing everyone will agree on, it’s that his long-distance shooting is absolutely incredible.

Xhaka has scored 13𓆉 times for Arsenal so far and almost all of those goals have been stunners. He’s one player who’s a serious threat from distance and Leno, who faces him in trainin🍎g every day, knows how it feels to be at the end of those shots.

The German, who knows Xha⛎ka really well, branded the mid꧒fielder’s shots as ‘very, very powerful’.

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Bernd Leno: Granit Xhaka’s shots are impossible to catch

Asked if he would have saved Xhaka’s first-ever Arsenal goal against Hull City, Leno said, “Of course,” before bur♒sting into laughter.

“No, ▨I think you see it’s very difficult for the goalkeeper. The ball is moving, it goes towards the goalkeeper and then moves to the right. We all kn✤ow Granit’s shot is very, very powerful.”

Speaking about the Swiss international’s stunning free-kick against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in 2018, Leno said: “The other ones I’d save, but this one is a perfect goal. Top cཧorner, powerful.

“As a goalkeeper, you don’t expect that. His shot🍌s are very unpredictable and impossible to catch💮.”

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If you’re a goalkeeper and you’re able to catch one of Xhaka’s fierce strikes, yo✅u deserve an award.

The Arsenal man’s shooting is not always accurate, but when he catches it right, it ends up in the back of the net more o🥀ften than not.

Xhaka is yet to score a go♏al this season but there’s a good chaꦛnce he’ll break his duck in the coming weeks.

Mikel Arteta has givenജ him the license to play a bit further forward than before, and that should help him have a few more pops at goal.

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