Arteta staying calm amid screams of Arsenal woe

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta: Taking a glass half full philosophy.

The weekend ended with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal rubbing shoulders with the likes of Leeds, Wolves, and Crystal Palace in the battle for a top-10 Premier League finish but, still, the Gunners manager was compelled to play the role of eternal optimist.

Not that it could have been easy to do so. Arteta had just seen his team completely dominate a ragged Burnley side for 45 minutes yet gift their hosts an equaliser that belonged in the Sky Sports comedy vaults.