Atalanta vs Leverkusen live updates: Lookman hat-trick leads ...

The former Arsenal midfielder Xhaka has almost been reinvented this season, respected as much for his mental and leadership attributes as his (largely under-rated) deep-lying playmaking skills.

But he's been a little short of his usual high standards in the first half.

He's misplaced a few passes forwards, Jeremie Frimpong twice unable to gather his pings out to the right, and in first-half added time, slashed a shot wide, a little desperately, when a pass would have been the better, smarter option.

Plus, his rather unorthodox tackling method of sticking out his bum to try to stop Ademola Lookman getting past before his second goal didn't exactly work out.

The lines wrinkling his forehead paint a picture of a man not in control of the narrative of the match. Whether he can snatch it back could define the second half.