Another set-piece goal and another clean sheet led to another victory for Arsenal as the Gunners eked out a 2–0 win away to Burnley on Saturday afternoon.
“Tomorrow will be an extremely tough match for us,” Mikel Arteta predicted on Friday afternoon. He was wrong. Arsenal may have ceded the initiative for much of the second half, and had the frame of their goal struck by a stoppage-time free kick, but for the third time in four Premier League games, David Raya once again wasn’t forced into a single save.
Viktor Gyökeres got a nerve-settling early opener from a corner before Declan Rice, Arsenal’s chief taker, headed a goal of his own during a swift counter upfield in a laughably one-side first half. The north London outfit did just enough to hold Burnley at bay throughout the final 45 minutes, claiming a ninth consecutive win to move seven points clear at the Premier League summit.
