After Arsenal's 4-0 victory over Burnley in the Premier League, Jordan Campbell analyses the key talking points.
breezed past 5-0 in their match at Turf Moor to go second in the table. A powerful early strike from set Mikel Arteta’s side on the road to victory before a penalty from doubled Arsenal’s lead before the break. The forward then fired a bullet of a right-foot shot past to add a third with and completing the rout. Advertisement Arsenal have 55 points — two behind leaders , who beat 4-1 earlier in the day — with , who face at 5.30pm , on 52, with two games in hand.
With Liverpool winning 4-1 and Manchester City notching 11 wins on the bounce in all competitions, the pressure has been on Arsenal to step up the pace in the second half of the season. They have now scored more goals than City and are joint-top with Liverpool when it comes to goal difference. Bench breather for key players Mikel Arteta spoke this week about a lack of options meaning he has had to use the same cohort of players for the bulk of games recently.