GRANIT XHAKA clashed with his own fans in a heated confrontation following a humiliating defeat.
Xhaka, 32, played the full 90 minutes as Bayer Leverkusen were dumped out of the DFB-Pokal German Cup semi-finals by third-tier Arminia.
The reigning Bundesliga champions became the FOURTH top-flight side to be dumped out of this season’s competition by the minnows.
Leverkusen took the lead through Jonathan Tah on 17 minutes.
The hosts equalised three minutes later then took a surprise lead just before half-time – and managed to hold on for another famous victory.
But while Arminia celebrated booking their place in next month’s final – where they will face Stuttgart or RB Leipzig – the anger among Leverkusen fans threatened to boil over.
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Xhaka went over to the away section to address the travelling supporters after full-time.
But the conversation soon turned angry, with the former Arsenal skipper furious gesticulating towards one man in particular.
As he demonstrated during his time at the Emirates with his infamous outburst where he told his own fans to “f*** off”, the combative Swiss star is never one to shy away from a blazing row.
A Bayer member of staff tried to calm the raging fan down but Xhaka continued the intense exchange as another man joined the fiery debate.
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Leverkusen won the DFB-Pokal last season as part of their record-breaking campaign which saw them go unbeaten in domestic football and win the double – including their first-ever Bundesliga title.
They missed out on the Treble when Ademola Lookman scored a hat-trick for Atalanta in the Europa League final.
The shock defeat to Arminia means Xabi Alonso’s side will not retain the cup this season.
And they sit in second, six points behind Bayern Munich, with seven games to go in the league campaign.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
