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Arsenal continues its excellent momentum in the Premier League! Authors of a fifth consecutive victory in the championship acquired on the lawn of Burnley (5-0), the Gunners did the job very well to come back to within two points of Liverpool, current leader. Martin Ødegaard, Bukayo Saka (double), Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz were the scorers in a match that Mikel Arteta’s men mastered in great detail. The biggest proof? In five shots on target, Arsenal scored… five times.
Arsenal continues its excellent momentum in the Premier League! Authors of a fifth consecutive victory in the championship acquired on the lawn of Burnley (5-0), the Gunners did the job very well to come back to within two points of Liverpool, current leader. Martin Ødegaard, Bukayo Saka (double), Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz were the scorers in a match that Mikel Arteta’s men mastered in great detail.
The Gunners have fun at Burnley
It’s been more than three years since Burnley last beat Arsenal, and the black streak will at least continue for a few more months for the Clarets. Visiting Turf Moor, the English vice-champion did not have to exert his talent to dispose of a relegated opponent at kick-off. From the start of the game, the Londoners took advantage of their first strike of the match to shake the net with an unstoppable shot from Ødegaard (4th, 1-0).
21 goals scored in 5 Premier League matches
Quickly trailing, the Clarets saw their battle plan turned upside down from the start of hostilities but their tactics did not change, namely remaining camped in defense and waiting for a possible counter-attack. A very ineffective strategy in practice since at the end of the first period, Lorenz Assignon conceded a penalty on an incursion by Trossard, transformed in cold blood by Saka (41st, 2-0).
Visiting Porto this Wednesday, Arsenal continued at a steamroller pace in the second half. Saka scored a double on an assist from Ødegaard (47th, 3-0), then Arteta began to make a legitimate turnover. Tossed around in defense, Burnley liquefied as the visiting waves progressed. Trossard added a fourth goal with a curling left-footed shot (66th, 4-0) and Kai Havertz punctuated the offensive festival after a small bridge over Hannes Delcroix (78th, 5-0). With twenty-one goals scored and only two conceded in 2024, Arsenal are definitely ready for their round of 16 first leg in the Champions League.