Burnley 0-5 Arsenal: Player ratings as Gunners demolish woeful Clarets
Arsenal hammered Burnley 5-0 at Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon to move within two points of Liverpool at the top of the table.
Martin Odegaard gave Mikel Arteta's side the lead after just four minutes, with Bukayo Saka adding a second shortly before half-time with a well-taken penalty.
The Englishman bagged his brace moments after the break, with Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz adding some gloss to the scoreline later in the second half to punish a truly woeful Burnley display.
With Liverpool having won in the early kick-off slot and Manchester City still to play later in the day, there was huge pressure onArsenal to avoid a slip-up at Turf Moor.
However, the Gunners shrugged off the weight of expectation just four minutes into proceedings, with Odegaard hammering home the opening goal of the game. The Norwegian collected Gabriel Martinelli's pass on the edge of the box before rifling an exquisite low drive into James Trafford's bottom corner.
Burnley grew into the game after a shaky start but couldn't muster any real goalscoring opportunities, while Trossard perhaps should have doubled Arsenal's lead midway through the half, but failed to connect with Saka's pass from eight yards out.
The Gunners did eventually grab what felt an inevitable second with 41 minutes played, Lorenz Assignon conceding a penalty for his lunge on Trossard in the box. Saka, as he did in the exact same minute at West Ham United last time out, made no mistake from 12 yards.
It took Arsenal less than two minutes to kill the game after the restart and it was Saka who proved too much for Burnley's defence to handle. The 22-year-old latched on to Odegaard's incisive through ball and fired a venomous near-post strike beyond Trafford and into the roof
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