Paul Merson stated ‘environment friendly machine’ Arsenal ‘look unbeatable’ after a routine Premier League win over Burnley.
First-half objectives from Viktor Gyokeres and Declan Rice earned Arsenal a fifth successive Premier League victory and a ninth successive win in all competitions.
Mikel Arteta’s aspect have solely conceded three objectives this season and the clear sheet at Turf Moor was Arsenal’s seventh in a row – one wanting the membership’s all-time document.
The win despatched Arsenal seven factors away from second-placed Bournemouth earlier than their intriguing conflict with Manchester City on Sunday.
Merson says Arsenal’s sensational type is ‘not a superb cocktail’ for the opposite title hopefuls and even stated his former workforce ‘look unbeatable’.
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Rice was singled out for particular reward by Merson, who described his efficiency in opposition to Burnley as ‘phenomenal’.
‘At the second, Arsenal look unbeatable,’ Merson stated on Sky Sports.
‘They defend so nicely. Apart from the free-kick that hit the submit with the final kick, Burnley by no means seemed like scoring.
‘Everything that comes into the field is cleared. They head every thing and so they have two defenders that need to defend, and two full backs that need to cease crosses.
‘Then there’s Declan Rice. He wouldn’t have been far off a ten out of 10 in opposition to Burnley. He simply doesn’t cease all recreation. It was an exceptional efficiency.
‘My solely fear for Arsenal is that they seemed a totally totally different aspect when Viktor Gyokeres was pressured off. They have been nowhere close to the identical workforce.
‘Mikel Merino got here on and he knitted the play collectively nicely however they by no means actually bought up the pitch and threatened within the second half.
‘But proper now they’re a well-oiled machine with numerous expertise in that machine, and that’s very uncommon.
‘They are an environment friendly machine however have a lot expertise. That just isn’t a superb cocktail for everybody else.’
Gunners boss Arteta was stuffed with reward for his Arsenal workforce after they prolonged their lead on the high of the Premier League desk.
‘The first half was distinctive, we scored two objectives and gave nothing away, in order that was the platform,’ he stated.
‘We needed to make just a few modifications and didn’t have that a lot management within the second half. Our defending was distinctive once more, we didn’t give something away.
‘There is a purpose they [Burnley] have misplaced one recreation [at home] in 18 months, and that was in opposition to Liverpool within the final second of the sport.’
While Arsenal’s title cost continues, Burnley’s first defeat in three video games leaves Scott Parker’s aspect seventeenth within the Premier League – 4 factors above the relegation zone.
Fellow newly-promoted aspect Sunderland are Arsenal’s subsequent Premier League opponents whereas Burnley face struggling West Ham.
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