How the Gunners rated at the Emirates.
Arsenal made it back-to-back Premier League victories by compounding more misery on Burnley with a 3-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium.
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They had to wait until well into the second half before Alexis Sanchez gave the Gunners the lead, but Calum Chambers grabbed a second soon after to put things beyond the Clarets and the Chilean rounded things off late on.
Here’s how the home side rated.
1. Wojciech Szczesny – 6
Barely tested by a weak opposition and would be glad of more clean-sheets like this.
21. Calum Chambers – 8
Got forward brilliantly and put a great cross in for Sanchez’s opener before netting his first goal for the club himself.
4. Per Mertesacker – 5
Looked shaky once more against a pacey attack spearheaded by Danny Ings and against a better side the German would have been punished.
18. Nacho Monreal – 6
A more mobile presence than Mertesacker and had little trouble tracking Ings and Marvin Sordell.
3. Kieran Gibbs – 6
With nothing really to worry about in defence the left-back was given free reign to push forward and looked dangerous from the flank.
20. Mathieu Flamini – 5
A little wasted really in defensive midfield as his side dominated and Flamini looked a somewhat lost as a result.
8. Mikel Arteta (Ramsey, 63′) – 6
Was always available to receive the ball, but is much less of an influence going forward than he used to be.
15. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Walcott, 80′) – 7
Dangerous down the right flank the only thing that was really missing from the England international’s game was a clinical final ball.
19. Santi Cazorla – 6
Should have gotten on the scoresheet twice during the game, but the Spaniard was creative and looked good from set pieces.
17. Alexis Sanchez – 8
Another fine performance from the 25-year-old who was knocking at the door all game before bagging a late brace for the hosts.
23. Danny Welbeck (Podolski, 80′) – 5
Not the best of games for the forward, although he had a couple of decent chances before being taken off.
Substitutions:
16. Aaron Ramsey – 6
Didn’t influence much going forward, but brought more energy to the field after replacing Arteta.
14. Theo Walcott – 6
Made his long awaited return from injury and looked as sharp as ever, blazing down the flank to set up Lukas Podolski.
9. Lukas Podolski – 7
On this showing the Germany international should be playing more often and he was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet late on.
Manager – Arsene Wenger – 6
A decent display from his side although starting with Arteta and Flamini seemed unnecessarily defensive and it took too long to get the breakthrough.