Wenger said he was lucky to escape with draw
Arsene Wenger admitted Arsenal were ‘lucky' to emerge from Burnley with three points after Laurent Koscielny secured victory at Turf Moor with a handled goal in the final seconds of stoppage time.
Koscielny claimed after the game that ‘I don't know if it was handball,' but television replays clearly showed the France centre-half bundling the ball into the net with his left hand after Theo Walcott had headed Alexis Sanchez's cross to the far post.
But while insisting he had not seen footage of the goal, Wenger conceded that his team were fortunate to escape with all three points.
“We got luck and we were fortunate to win it in the end,” Wenger said. “I have not seen the replay of our goal and I did not see it go in from the bench — I invite you to sit on the bench to see. “Maybe we were a bit lucky there. “I was actually fuming about the short corner because I thought we were at the end of the added two minutes, so why not take a proper corner?”
Burnley manager Sean Dyche, while unhappy with the manner of the goal, claimed that referee Craig Pawson allowed play to go on too long before Koscielny bundled the ball into the net.
“Our analyst has it at six seconds over time, which is a lot,” Dyche said. “It's a handball goal, too, so we are frustrated.
“If you add in the referee's part on the time and the handball it is very frustrating. Hopefully the referee will have a tough night thinking about it when he is driving home.
“You have to question the added time, the corner and whether it should have come in, the handball and question whether we should have dealt with it.
“It's a poor way to end a game. We are disappointed in that but encouraged by the performance.
Arsene Wenger admitted Arsenal were ‘lucky' to emerge from Burnley with three points after Laurent Koscielny secured victory at Turf Moor with a handled goal in the final seconds of stoppage time.
Koscielny claimed after the game that ‘I don't know if it was handball,' but television replays clearly showed the France centre-half bundling the ball into the net with his left hand.