One Arsenal fan covers his eyes from seeing team lose

One depressed Arsenal supporter found a new way to use his face-mask inside the Emirates on Sunday night - by covering his eyes as the Gunners slumped to a fourth straight home league defeat.

Arsenal's rotten form at home continued as a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang own goal consigned Mikel Arteta's side to a 1-0 loss against Burnley, meaning they've lost four of their last five Premier League games.

Pressure is growing on manager Arteta and as 2,000 Arsenal fans entered the Emirates Stadium for the first time to watch their side in the league this season, by stoppage-time on Sunday one supporter had seen enough and opted to use his mask to cover his eyes, much to the amusement of viewers worldwide.

With fans already leaving as another defeat loomed, this supporter delighted onlookers on social media too.

One user on Twitter said: 'Definitely [an] advantage having a mask when watching Arsenal at the moment!,' while another noted: 'The best use of the face mask... to prevent covid and to watch Arsenal play... '

Another user quipped: 'Think that picture of that Arsenal fan with his face mask over eyes sums up the state of that club at the moment.'

The big flashpoint of the game on Sunday came just before the hour mark when a skirmish broke out between both sets of players after a foul on Burnley winger Dwight McNeil.

VAR replays showed Granit Xhaka had grabbed Burnley midfielder Ashley Westwood by the throat in the melee that followed the foul.

A yellow card was initially awarded by referee Graham Scott before he went over to the pitchside monitor and overturned for a red.

Asked for his thoughts on Xhaka's decision-making, a downbeat Arteta said: 'Absolutely (unacceptable). He's made a mistake, the dominance we had at that point.

'It's a game we clearly had to win but down to 10 men you give the opponent a chance.

'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.'

After 12 games, Arteta's side are 15th in the table, just five points above the relegation zone.