Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka feels he's unfairly treated by referees.
The Swiss international has earned four red cards since moving to Arsenal in 2016.
"When you see some tackles and imagine if I was in this position? I would be sent off straight away," Xhaka told The Athletic.
"This makes me do things in a different way sometimes because I know that my risk compared to the risk of other players is not the same,
"If I risk I know I am closer to a red card than any other player in the Premier League. Maybe I am wrong but that is what I feel.
"So sometimes in a game I stop myself from going for the risky ones because if I get a red card it all starts up again. I don't want to give arguments for others to speak about me for stupid things. I try not to risk too much."
Xhaka also suggested the manner of his red card against Burnley last season, when he grabbed Ashley Westwood by the throat, has shaped how referees have viewed him since.
“When I once got a red card, the referee said to one of my team-mates, 'You know how Granit is, he loses his head'," he said.
"This feels wrong. Just because I lost my head against Burnley, for example, it is not like I lose my head every time. To put me in this box like this I believe is wrong.
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