Burnley 1-3 Arsenal: 5th-placed Gunners' UCL hopes rest on UEL final vs Chelsea

A second-half Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang brace saw Arsenal finish their 2018-19 Premier League season with a victory at Burnley.

Match Report

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang continued his fine scoring record against Burnley as Arsenal concluded their Premier League season with a 3-1 victory at Turf Moor on Sunday.

The Gabon striker had netted braces in each of his previous two appearances against the Clarets and he repeated that feat to finish the campaign with 22 league goals, level with Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in the race for the Golden Boot.

Match Events

7' CHANCE! Aubameyang's shot saved

Aubameyang gets played in down the right side of the penalty area by Mustafi, but his first-time shot from an acute angle is well saved in the middle of the goal by Heaton. The away side have started well.

9' Great save from Leno!

Lowton finds space down the right wing before floating a cross into the Arsenal area and towards the penalty spot. Barnes takes it down expertly but hits his shot into the ground and Leno is well placed to punch the effort safety.

30' Guendouzi launches himself to block a certain goal!

Burnley launch a quick counter down the right wing and Barnes plays the ball across the box. Wood misses the initial delivery before Lowton picks it up and skips beyond Leno, but Guendouzi throws himself at the effort to block the shot on the line.

52' GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Arsenal (Aubameyang)

Cork’s pass back to Mee is poorly controlled by the English defender and Aubameyang nips in to claim the loose ball. The Arsenal striker keeps his cool when one-on-one with Heaton and calmly places his effort into the bottom right corner of the net from the centre of the box.

63' GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Arsenal (Aubameyang)

Iwobi finds space down the left side of the penalty area before chipping a wonderful cross in towards the far post. Aubameyang meets it so sweetly to volley the ball beyond Heaton and into the back of the net.

Iwobi has been lively seen the restart and provided a real moment of quality to pick out Aubameyang at the far post who applied a sublime finish. Wonderful football from Arsenal.

65' GOAL! Burnley 1-2 Arsenal (Barnes)

Barnes pulls one back! Following a cross from the right, Arsenal fail to clear their lines and Gudmundsson is on hand to pick the ball up down the left side of the box. The substitute delivers a good cross into the box which Barnes heads beyond Leno and into the bottom right corner from close range.

94' GOAL! Burnley 1-3 Arsenal (Nketiah)

Iwobi has been a real handful for Burnley today and grabs his second assist of the match with a perfectly weighted pass into Nketiah who applies the finish. That should wrap it up for Arsenal.

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