Arsenal vs Burnley result: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette seal victory for Gunners
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Your support makes all the difference.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang grabbed the winner as Arsenal overcame a stubborn Burnley to maintain their winning start in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
Alexandre Lacazette put the Gunners ahead in the 13th minute collecting a low corner from Dani Ceballos and showing great strength to turn marker Erik Pieters before driving through the legs of Burnley keeper Nick Pope.
Burnley responded well, however, and drew level two minutes before the break when a low effort from Dwight McNeil fell to Ashley Barnes in the box and the Clarets striker kept his composure to claim his third goal of the season.
Unai Emery brought on club-record signing Nicolas Pepe at the break and the home side put Burnley under real pressure.
Pope did well to keep out efforts from Aubameyang and the hugely impressive Ceballos and it was that pair who combined for the winner.
Ceballos won the ball in the Burnley half and fed the Gabonese forward who burst goalwards before cutting inside and beating Pope with a fine drive.
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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the Premier League match between Arsenal and Burnley.
We expect to have team news in around fifteen minutes.
In the meantime, here is why Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac are both available for selection:
Here we go, the team news is in.
Arsenal: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Luiz, Papastathopoulos, Monreal, Ceballos, Guendouzi, Nelson, Willock, Aubameyang, Lacazette
Subs: Mkhitaryan, Torreira, Pepe, Chambers, Martinez, Kolasinac, Gabriel Martinelli
Burnley: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters, Gudmundsson, Cork, Westwood, McNeil, Wood, Barnes
Subs: Taylor, Hendrick, Gibson, Rodriguez, Hart, Lennon, Bardsley
So David Luiz makes his Gunners debut while Dani Ceballos - he of Real Madrid fame - also starts for the first time.
There's still no room for £72m man Nicolas Pepe, however. He will surely feature a little later on though.
Kick-off 45 minutes away.
And what of those missing out I hear you ask?
Well, Arsenal tell us that Granit Xhaka misses out with a back problem while Mesut Ozil has been judged to not be fit enough for the game.
We shall see how the Gunners adapt.
For the visitors two-goal Ashley Barnes leads the line after his fine performance last week.
He's joined by Chris Wood up top while summer signing Erik Pieters continues at left-back.
The Clarets will not be in claret today - they're set to line up in their new 'Evergreen' third jersey.
So last week it was three gritty points for the Gunners at St James' Park thanks to a goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Here's a recap:
Sean Dyche is one of eight English managers in the Premier League this season. Here is Chief Football Writer Miguel Delaney's report on how coaches across the country are adapting to the Premier League:
Much of the focus will all be on Arsenal's new boy David Luiz today after his controversial £8m deadline day move from Chelsea.
But while much of the attention may lean towards how the two can help reinforce Arsenal in defence, one of the Brazilian's greatest strengths is his ability to play the ball out of the back and a ranging crossfield through-ball to the wingers. With the pace of Reiss Nelson and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang up front, that could be a new weapon to watch out for in this revamped Arsenal side.
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