Dubai refresh has unlocked Arsenal's ruthless streak

Premier League: Burnley 0, Arsenal 5 

Kai Havertz joked that maybe Arsenal should be more frequent visitors to Dubai after they continued their goal-crazy form at Turf Moor.

Since returning from their sunshine training break in mid-January, the Gunners have turned from misfiring profligates in front of goal to clinical assassins.

Five straight wins have produced 21 goals and put them right back in the Premier League title race.

The blistering run has also created two lines of club history - the first time they have won their first five league game at the start of a calendar year and the first time they have scored five or more goals in successive away league matches, following the 6-0 humbling of West Ham the previous weekend.

It's all a stark contrast to their previous seven games in all competitions when they managed only one win and five goals, prompting calls for manager Mikel Arteta to buy a striker if they wanted to be serious contenders.

Havertz - who endured criticism in that lean spell - insisted he and his team-mates never lost faith in their collective ability to turn chances into goals, and nor did Arteta.

Significantly, the 21 goals have come from nine different scorers.

“Maybe we should go back to Dubai now", said Havertz, who had a hand in two of the goals and scored the fifth. "No, we have started the year very well.

"I think we all trust ourselves and we know what quality we all have. You know, we have to give trust to each other and that’s what we’ve done.

“It’s not only because of the strikers that you don’t score goals, defenders can score goals for us and stuff like that. That’s so important.

"The manager said he had faith that the goals would come and we've proved it. But it’s not the