Burnley 0-5 Arsenal: Gunners open fire again to seal 5 game winning streak

Arsenal kept pace with Liverpool in the Premier League title race as they demolished Burnley 5-0 at Turf Moor.

Match Report

Martin Odegaard opened the rout after just four minutes with a neat strike from the edge of the area.

Bukayo Saka doubled the lead from the penalty spot before half-time and blasted another in to the roof of the net two minutes after the break.

Leandro Trossard made it four with a curled finish 66 minutes in before Kai Havertz completed the drubbing 12 minutes later.

The result keeps them two points behind Liverpool, who beat Brentford 4-1 earlier today, and means they have scored 21 goals in their last five outings.

Burnley didn't register a single shot on target and remain 19th in the table, winless in eight games in all competitions.

The game was also marred by an injury to Burnley's Aaron Ramsey.

Mikel Arteta’s title-chasing Gunners kept the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City by making light work of what was always expected to be a straightforward Saturday assignment.

Martin Odegaard lashed Arsenal into an early lead at Turf Moor and they never looked back, with Saka’s brace complemented by Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz efforts as they battered Burnley 5-0.

This is the first time that the north Londoners have ever begun a calendar year with five league wins on the bounce and that outcome appeared to be on the cards within four minutes of kick-off.

Odegaard hammered Arsenal ahead and Saka scored from the spot just before the break, adding to his double in last week’s stunning 6-0 win at West Ham.

The forward completed another brace before Trossard and Havertz added gloss as suspended boss Vincent Kompany watched his hapless team crumble from the stands.

There were some boos at the final whistle and an air of resignation around Turf Moor before kick-off – little wonder given their five-point haul on home soil is the worst in the Premier League.

That feeling of Burnley pessimism only grew inside four minutes as Arsenal’s first attack brought the opening goal.

Gabriel Martinelli’s cross from the left deflected off Lorenz Assignon and reached Odegaard on the edge of the box.

The Arsenal skipper took a smart touch and continued to laser a left-footed strike beyond James Trafford into the bottom corner.

That goal increased the incline on what was already an uphill challenge for the lacklustre Clarets, who Craig Bellamy was leading from the touchline.

David Raya denied a Wilson Odobert threat on a rare Burnley attack, with quick, sharp build-up play making life hard for the stumbling hosts at the other end.

Arsenal continued to knock on the door and their second came from the spot in the 41st minute.

Havertz played a quick ball on to Trossard in the box, with the forward going down under a challenge from Assignon.

The defender’s appeals fell on deaf ears and Trafford guessed correctly, but Saka’s spot-kick was just out of the goalkeeper’s reach.

This is the first time in the England star’s career that he has scored in four consecutive Premier League games, and he added his second of the day in the 47th minute.

Slipped through by patient Odegaard, Saka smartly made space under pressure to hammer past Trafford at his near post.

A bad afternoon for Burnley got worse when midfielder Aaron Ramsey sustained a nasty-looking injury after challenging with Odegaard.

There was a lengthy break in play as he received treatment before being taken off on a stretcher.

Trossard was guilty of two poor misses when play resumed, but he would sweep home from close range in the 66th minute to spark a mass exit.

Substitute Eddie Nketiah headed wide before Havertz added a fifth in the 78th minute as Burnley continued to flounder.

Jakub Kiwior’s throw-in caught out the hosts’ defence and put Havertz behind, with the summer signing cutting through Hannes Delcroix’s legs before scoring.

Substitute Jacob Bruun Larsen and Josh Brownhill tried to score a consolation between Odegaard seeing a free-kick saved as 10 minutes of second-half stoppage time came and went without another goal.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

5' GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Arsenal (Martin Ødegaard)

29' Ben White rolls on the ground

32' CLOSE! Trossard misses a golden chance!

40' Penalty Goal! Burnley 0-2 Arsenal (Saka)

48' GOAL! Burnley 0-3 Arsenal (Saka)

59' Injured! Ramsey is stretchered off

64' CLOSE! Trossard’s shot wide out

66' GOAL! Burnley 0-4 Arsenal (Trossard)

78' GOAL! Burnley 0-5 Arsenal (Havertz)

Line-ups

Burnley XI: Brownhill, Berge, Hannes Delcroix, O'Shea, James Trafford, Maxime Estève, Lorenz Assignon, Zeki Amdouni, Aaron Ramsey, David Datro Fofana, Wilson Odobert

Subs: Jay Rodriguez, Cork, Gudmundsson, Taylor, Benson Manuel, Larsen, Josh Cullen, Arijanet Muric, Vitinho

Arsenal XI: Trossard, David Raya, Martin Ødegaard, Rice, Gabriel, Havertz, Ben White, Martinelli, William Saliba, Saka, Jakub Kiwior

Subs: Cedric, M.Elneny, Jorginho, Nelson, Ramsdale, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Mauro Bandeira, James Sweet