Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has warned his teammates that they must respect Lincoln City in their FA Cup quarter-final at the Emirates, according to theDaily Mail.
The underachieving Gunners are in a rotten vein of form, losing ground in the race for Champions League football as they lost 3-1 to Liverpool last Saturday before exiting the European competition 10-2 on aggregate to Bayern Munich.
The 5-1 loss to the German giants at the Emirates on Tuesday was yet another nail in Arsene Wenger's coffin and the Swiss midfielder has issued a battle cry to his colleagues to help rescue their season.
A loss to the Imps would perhaps be the biggest shock in the competition's history.
"There are many upsets in cup competitions, which we have seen in the FA Cup,' Xhaka told Arsenal's matchday programme.
"You have to give your all against all sides, regardless of if they are in the second division, or the fourth, or the fifth. In football, things can happen quickly. Against the smaller teams, if they get a goal, it can be difficult to get one back. The cup is always good for a surprise, but we have dealt with that well so far.
"I remember when I was in my first year at Gladbach. We played against Darmstadt, who were in the fourth division at the time. We lost the game in a penalty shoot-out. We had to learn a lot from it. We went there, thought we would have some fun against a fourth-division team.
"We took the lead but then they equalised and nothing was possible anymore. But they fought for each other, they ran so hard for each other and we were all surprised. Penalty shoot-outs then come down to luck too - we lost and were standing there with big heads thinking 'what did we do wrong?'"