Tag: Burnley

Laurent Koscielny v Burnley

Player focus – Koscielny stats v Burnley

Laurent Koscielny put in another valiant performance for Arsenal against Burnley.
Mesut Ozil

Player focus – Mesut Ozil, passmaster

Mesut Ozil completed the most passes out of any other player in the final third against Burnley.
Nacho Monreal and Alexis Sanchez

Player focus: Ice cold Alexis

Alexis Sanchez had twice as many shots as any other player during Arsenal's 2-1 win over Burnley.
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 22: Aaron Ramsey (C) of Arsenal controls the ball under pressure of Michael Keane (L) and Matthew Lowton (R) of Burnley during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Burnley at the Emirates Stadium on January 22, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Player focus: Ramsey running Arsenal’s engine

Aaron Ramsey was back alongside Granit Xhaka against Burnley on Sunday and seems to really be finding his rhythm again.
Granit Xhaka

5 things we learned as Arsenal gave us heart attacks against Burnley

Arsenal managed to beat Burnley 2-1 at the Emirates on Sunday but it was far from a straight forward win.
Arsenal preview Burnley

Match Preview: Arsenal vs Burnley

After a last-gasp winner in stoppage time helped Arsenal to a uncharacteristically ugly victory over Burnley back at the start of October, questions have already been asked in regards to their title credentials.

Predicted Arsenal 4-2-3-1 v Burnley – Bellerin back

Arsenal welcome Burnley to the Emirates on Sunday, so how will they line up?
Arsenal opposition preview

Arsenal v Burnley – Since we last met

Ahead of Arsenal’s game against Burnley this weekend, we take a look at what has happened since both sides played each other back in October.
Arsene Wenger

Wenger – This is how we will beat Burnley

Arsene Wenger believes that the best way to beat Burnley at the Emirates on Sunday is to use Arsenal's pace, in both runs and passing while protecting themselves from the counter.
Joey Barton v Gervinho

Barton wanted Arsenal move, Wenger never interested

As Arsenal get ready to face Burnley this weekend, we’ve been hearing a lot from Joey Barton about how he almost joined Arsenal.

Xhaka highlights Alexis’ role model potential and looks ahead to Burnley

Granit Xhaka believes that Alexis Sanchez can be a 'good role' model for younger players while warning against complacency against Burnley on Sunday.

Wenger praises Burnley’s dazzling home form

Arsenal host Burnley on Sunday but when we encountered the Clarets earlier in the season at Turf Moor, we narrowly escaped with our 1-0 victory.
Olivier Giroud and Alex Iwobi v Swansea

Wenger delivers five positive injury updates pre-Burnley

As Arsenal fans, we're not too used to receiving positive injury news yet, on Thursday morning, Arsene Wenger was all smiles ahead of our clash against Burnley.
Arsenal team news

Team news: Coq, Giroud, Gibbs all return, Giroud trains

Arsene Wenger spoke to the media ahead of Arsenal's match against Burnley at the Emirates on Sunday and gave the latest fitness updates on a few players.

Joey Barton – Of course I would have liked to play for Arsenal!

Joey Barton has been speaking (again) about his big opportunity to join Arsenal.
Arsenal injury

Arsenal squad injury report

On Wednesdays, Daily Cannon looks back over all the injuries that the Arsenal squad currently has, so let's see who's available for Sunday's clash against Burnley at the Emirates.

Arsenal opposition injury report – Burnley

Arsenal play host to Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday, so let's look ahead and see how their squad is looking.

Arsenal opposition injury report – Burnley

Arsenal host Burnley next weekend and as part of a new feature, we will keeping an eye on Arsenal's next four opponents in the run up to the game.

Arsenal opposition injury report – Southampton/Norwich

Arsenal will play either Southampton or Norwich in the FA Cup and as part of a new feature, we will keeping an eye on Arsenal's next four opponents in the run up to the game.
Paul Williams Santi Cazorla

Long read: Arsene goes Graham style for his 20th anniversary

That Arsène Wenger marked his 20th anniversary of taking charge of the Arsenal with a scrappy, George Graham style, 1-0 win at Burnley was an irony I feel sure the Frenchman will have appreciated.

Should Arsenal be concerned by narrow Burnley victory?

92.05 - that was when Arsenal finally scored against Burnley, securing three points and ensuring we kept pressure on Spurs and Manchester City above us at the top of the Premier League table.

Iwobi mocks his own terrible effort v Burnley

Alex Iwobi took to social media after Arsenal's win over Burnley to have a laugh at his own terrible shot that almost seem to go at right angles from his body while he was facing the goal.
Arsenal tactics

Tactics: If you eat caviar every day…

After two exhilarating champagne and caviar displays against Chelsea and Basel, Arsenal were very much back to sausages at Burnley, but managed to escape Turf Moor with all three points after a somewhat fortuitous last-minute winner.
from Arsenal's opposition

Quick watch: Dyche jokes about punching Arsene Wenger

Sean Dyche spoke to the media after his side were denied a hard-fought draw at Turf Moor through Laurent Koscielny's last second winner.
fact check

Proof Arsenal’s goal against Burnley was not handball

When is a handball not a handball? When you know the laws of the game.

Wenger admits he was ‘fuming’ before Arsenal goal

Arsene Wenger has revealed that he was ‘fuming’ with Arsenal’s decision to take a short corner just before they scored the winner in the dying seconds against Burnley at Turf Moor.

Wenger admits Arsenal were fortunate with stoppage-time winner

In the post-match interview following our narrow victory away against Burnley, Arsène Wenger admitted that Arsenal's stoppage-time winner courtesy of Laurent Koscielny was "a little fortunate" as the hosts' defensive work out of possession wasn't rewarded with at least one point on the afternoon at Turf Moor.

Analysis – Should Arsenal’s goal against Burnley have been disallowed?

It seems, at times, that there's nothing that the media love more than to whinge that Arsenal shouldn't have won when they've pulled off something dramatic.
Lucas Perez

Rumour analysis – Was Lucas actually dropped by Arsenal for Burnley game?

As the teams were announced for the Arsenal game against Burnley, it didn’t take long before it was being claimed that Lucas had been dropped from the squad and was not actually injured.

Arsenal close gap on Tottenham with last-minute winner v Burnley

Arsenal couldn't replicate their form of recent weeks but somehow grabbed a last-minute winner against Burnley as we head into the international break pondering familiar problems.

Wenger hails Koscielny-Mustafi partnership ahead of Burnley match

Arsène Wenger has publicly revealed why he feels the centre-back partnership between Laurent Koscielny and Shkodran Mustafi has been so effective since the latter's arrival in the summer transfer window.

Official teams: Burnley v Arsenal

It's the final Premier League game before the second international break of a season that isn't even two months old descends upon us and bores us all to death.
Arsenal preview Burnley

Burnley vs Arsenal preview: Gunners aim to continue momentum

Having extended our unbeaten run to eight matches in all competitions, as well as four consecutive league victories, it's fair to say that Arsenal are beginning to build momentum with the month of October having begun this weekend.

Infograph: Opposition preview – Burnley v Arsenal

Arsenal travel to Turf Moor on Sunday hoping to continue their run of positive results.
Arsenal predicted lineup

Arsenal predicted XI v Burnley – Iwobi and Cech back in

Despite Arsenal's success against Basel midweek, it's likely that we'll revert back to the previous starting XI that beat Chelsea when we face Burnley on Sunday.
from Arsenal's opposition

Sean Dyche hails Wenger ahead of Burnley v Arsenal

Sean Dyche hailed Arsene Wenger ahead of Burnley's clash with Arsenal on Sunday.

Arsenal fans to unveil new Arsene Wenger banner at Burnley

Arsenal fans will unveil a new Arsene Wenger banner during their visit to Turf Moor on Sunday afternoon.

Giroud set to miss out on Burnley

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that although Olivier Giroud would miss out on the Basel clash on Wednesday through suspension anyway, he'll also most likely miss out on our Premier League match with Burnley on Sunday.

Arsenal face nightmare December – 2016/17 fixture list leaked

If this leaked 2016/17 fixture list is to be believed, Arsenal face a hellish December.

Player focus: Ospina proves safe hands for Arsenal against Burnley

In a game where Arsenal had the most of the ball possession, David Ospina had a good game overall in Arsenal's 2-1 win against Burnley. As...