Arsenal, Burnley and Mikel Arteta
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Premier League leaders Arsenal continue their impressive start to the season with a comfortable win at Burnley to make it nine consecutive victories in all competitions.
The wins just keep on coming for Arsenal. The Premier League leader extended its advantage at the top of the standings to seven points on Saturday after a 2-0 victory against Burnley. That's 13 wins from 15 games in all competitions for Mikel Arteta's team after a flying start to the season that has only strengthened belief it will end its long-running title drought.
Arsenal have reportedly rejected attempts by Crystal Palace to move their League Cup quarter-final, with Oliver Glasner warning it would be “irresponsible” to force his team to play four matches
But Arsenal are not just looking strong in defence, they are also the most dangerous side from set-pieces in the Premier League, with their opener at Burnley being the 12th goal they have scored this season from a dead-ball situation.
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Scott Parker says Arsenal have "every single ingredient" to win the Premier League title following Burnley 's loss on Saturday afternoon. First-half goals from Viktor Gyokeres and Declan Rice secured a 2-0 win at Turf Moor, as the Gunners moved seven points clear at the summit and kept a seventh successive clean sheet across all competitions.
RW: Bukayo Saka —Saka has worked his way back into form after the international break, scoring a fine goal in the week. Burnley’s defence is stubborn, but we saw Arsenal’s star winger dominate on his previous outing away from the Emirates.
Mikel Arteta has suggested Martin Ødegaard, Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke could all return for Arsenal's north London derby clash against Tottenham on November 23.
Free-kicks, long throws and corners are in vogue to such an extent that Arsenal currently top the table by four points despite having scored only five of their 16 Premier League goals from open play. A record 19% of all Premier League goals this season have been scored from corners (45 of 241), the highest share in the competition's history.
Arteta’s side would eventually double their lead in the 35th minute through Rice. At the end of a sweeping move which began with Kyle Walker launching a long throw into Arsenal’s box, the visiting midfielder crashed into Burnley’s penalty area to head a deft cross from Trossard into the bottom corner.