Mikel Arteta: Arsenal boss blasts Xhaka over red card against Burnley
- Mikel Arteta is under heavy criticism over Arsenal’s home loss to Burnley
- Granit Xhaka was shown a red card during the encounter for grabbing Westwood on the throat
- The Gunners manager blasted the incident claiming it is worse than that of Pepe
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Mikel Arteta is furious with Granit Xhaka over the player’s red card during their 1-0 loss to Burnley on Sunday, December 13, saying it is worse than that of Nicolas Pepe.
Xhaka was sent off in the encounter after he appeared to grab Ashley Westwood by the throat and the Arsenal manager has expressed disappointment.
At the end of the game, the under-pressure manager was asked if the red card was 'unacceptable' like Pepe's vs Leeds earlier this month.
Arteta said, as cited in SunSport:
"Same words. In these conditions even worse. The conditions we are in, without winning football matches, you cannot do that.
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Arteta added:
"Yes it is unacceptable to do that action but it is because they are so willing to do more, fight more, and on this occasion Granit overstepped the line.
"We cannot make that mistake because it’s the wrong approach for us."
Arsenal have lost seven of their last twelve Premier League games this season and they are now languishing in 15th place on the log.
The top two sides, Tottenham and Liverpool failed to claim victories in their respective matches against two London sides.
A Jeffery Schlupp's late goal denied Spurs a win at Selhurst Park while a Mohamed Salah's late penalty saved Jurgen Klopp's blushes at Fulham.
Leicester City moved back into the top four following their comprehensive 3-0 win over Brighton and Southampton continued their impressive start to the campaign after defeating Sheffield United to move to fourth position.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Chelsea legend Petr Cech might feature in his first competitive game for the club since he hanged his gloves in the summer of 2019.
The 38-year-old played his last game for Arsenal when they suffered a 4-1 defeat to the Blues in the Europa League final.
He then returned to Stamford Bridge in an official capacity after being hired as their technical and performance director.
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