‘Very unlucky’: Bernd Leno reacts to Granit Xhaka’s blunder vs Burnley – originally posted on Sportslens.com
Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno has reacted to Granit Xhaka’s blunder during the club’s 1-1 Premier League draw against Burnley on the road.
The Gunners took the lead after just six minutes on the clock through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and should have doubled the advantage with the chances which were handed to them.
However, they ended up going into the break with the scores level after a horrendous mistake from Xhaka. The Swiss midfielder asked for the ball from Leno in the six yard box and attempted to clear across the face of goal.
Instead, it struck the body of Chris Wood and the ball deflected into an empty net with Leno rooted at the far post. That happened to be the final goal of the game despite chances for both sides for the remainder of the contest.
Speaking after the draw, Leno said that the club have been successful in playing out from the back and said that Xhaka was ‘very lucky’ as he gifted the Clarets an equaliser against the run of play.
He told via BBC Sport: “We wanted to build out again because it had been working and it was very unlucky from Granit [Xhaka] but it happens.”
“There is always risk to play out from the back but this is our style. I think we have more than enough situations where it works to our advantage.”