Granit Xhaka suffered another day to forget against Burnley as his error presented Chris Wood with a bizarre equaliser to deprive Arsenal of a Premier League victory at Turf Moor.

Xhaka, who was sent off in the Gunners' December defeat by Burnley, received a short pass facing his own goal from keeper Bernd Leno and tried to clip a square ball to David Luiz across the penalty area.

However, he succeeded only in hitting Wood in the midriff and the ball bounced into an empty net for the softest of levellers.

Arsenal had appeared to be in cruise control after Pierre-Emerick Aubayemang's near-post strike beat Nick Pope to give the Gunners an early lead.

But Aubameyang and Bukayo Saka wasted chances to stretch the advantage and Arsenal were made to pay when Leno's unwise pass to an under-pressure Xhaka was compounded by the midfielder's mistake.

Burnley twice went close to turning the game on its head in the second half but Leno first produced a fine save to keep out Erik Pieters' dipping 30-yard volley, and then used his leg to deny Wood in a one-on-one.

Arsenal thought they had been awarded a late penalty against Pieters but the spot-kick and the defender's red card for deliberate handball were overturned by the video assistant referee after replays showed he had diverted Nicolas Pepe's shot onto the bar with his shoulder.

Pieters later said: “We defended to make sure we didn't lose this game. With a bit of luck and more clinical finishing we could take the three points. It was a great effort from the team.

“We are way better than that. You have to give the team some credit because we worked hard to get the equaliser. It was a bit lucky but they all count.

“We did really well. We attacked together and defended together. Every point counts."

On his goalline clearance and overturned red card, he added: “I felt the ball on my shoulder. Clearly it was on my shoulder."