Mikel Arteta: Arsenal face complicated route into Europe after Burnley draw

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (Peter Powell/PA)

Mikel Arteta accepted Granit Xhaka’s bizarre error at Burnley as a price of playing out from the back but admitted Saturday’s 1-1 draw leaves Arsenal facing a “really complicated” route into Europe.

Arsenal looked like easing to a comfortable win as they dominated after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s sixth-minute opener, but seven minutes before the break Xhaka took a short pass from Bernd Leno and inexplicably kicked the ball against Chris Wood, watching in horror as it flew into the net.