Arteta hails Arsenal’s first-half as Gunners win 2-0 at Burnley

Arsenal eased past Burnley 2-0 astatine Turf Moor and tightened their grip connected archetypal place, helped by a blistering opening spell that Mikel Arteta enactment adjacent the apical of this season’s benchmarks. "We started the crippled exceptionally well. I deliberation the archetypal fractional is 1 of the champion that we've played, scored 2 goals, generated different 2 oregon 3 large chances and conceded nothing." The squad had rhythm, pressed high, and moved the shot with purpose. The manager did not fell that the level dipped aft the break, adding, "And that was a platform, due to the fact that successful the 2nd fractional we dropped the standards, particularly with the ball, and with our intentions to play much forward. But again, defensively, we were exceptional."

Viktor Gyökeres headed successful from a country to unfastened the scoring earlier Declan Rice doubled the lead, continuing Arsenal’s wont of striking from set-plays. You saw them negociate the crippled from there, with Burnley’s menace constricted to scraps until precocious on.

Gyökeres praised, fittingness watch

Arteta singled retired the Sweden striker for a implicit display. "I deliberation it was 1 of the champion games that he's played [for us]." He explained the half-time substitution was precautionary, saying, "Overall, his show was exceptional, isolated from the goal, and we had to instrumentality him disconnected due to the fact that helium was feeling a small niggle, muscular. "His precocious press, his positioning and his touches, his threading successful behind, the mode helium linked play, the mode helium gets america from this concern to transition. He was successful a truly bully moment. It's a shame that helium felt something."

Parker’s presumption connected the turning point

Burnley brag Scott Parker acknowledged the spread connected dormant balls and the aboriginal stroke to his plan. "We understood what we were up against, a top, apical squad with immense quality, and I thought we started the crippled truly well.

"The [first] extremity took the upwind retired of america a small spot successful presumption of the set-play goal, and we had worked a batch this week connected that. But I deliberation it took the borderline disconnected america a small bit." He underlined however crisp Arsenal were from deliveries, saying it is "so hard" to support erstwhile Rice’s crosses are "on the money."
"If you don't person those players, you astir apt don't people arsenic galore arsenic what Arsenal are scoring," helium added. "You've got a delivery-taker that each azygous clip you inquire for it to beryllium enactment backmost post, and the runs volition beryllium there, it goes backmost post. You inquire it to beryllium enactment beforehand post, and the runs are there, and it gets enactment there. You've past besides got the different element, the timing of the runs and the physicality of those runs."