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Brotherly love: Granit, Taulant Xhaka swap shirts after Arsenal tops Basel

Reuters

Family over everything.

Following Wednesday's Champions League contest between Arsenal and FC Basel at the Emirates - a one-sided clash the Gunners dominated en route to a 2-0 victory - brothers Granit and Taulant Xhaka ensured they would always have a memento from the occasion by exchanging shirts.

Playing against one another is nothing new for the midfield duo, however.

After facing off during a 2012 clash between Basel and Grasshopper, their story garnered international attention when they met at Euro 2016 this past summer; Granit has chosen to represent Switzerland, while Taulant dons the colours of Albania.

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The sons of Kosovan-Albanian immigrants who emigrated to Switzerland, the brotherly rivalry has thus far been a one-sided affair; 24-year-old Granit, one year the junior of Taulant, has now won all three encounters.

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