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Martin Odegaard’s outstanding free-kick was enough to complete back-to-back victories for Arsenal after Burnley had a penalty award overturned by VAR.
Odegaard was inch-perfect with his left foot after half-an-hour to grant further relief to manager Mikel Arteta who saw his team lose their first three league games without scoring before breaking their duck against Norwich last weekend.
But Burnley, who gave £15million winger Maxwel Cornet his debut from the bench, were unable to celebrate Sean Dyche signing a new four-year contract on Thursday.
Martin Odegaard scored a superb free-kick to put Arsenal in the lead in the 30th minute of their game away to Burnley
Odegaard scored his first goal since joining Arsenal permanently from Real Madrid as he managed to break the deadlock
The victory is a major boost for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, whose team have now managed to win two games in a row
They thought they’d earned a penalty midway through the second half when Aaron Ramsdale appeared to trip Matej Vydra and referee Anthony Taylor pointed to spot, only for replays to show the goalkeeper had got a touch on the ball first.
The result puts Arsenal in good cheer ahead of their north London derby against Spurs next weekend but Burnley are still looking for their first win at Turf Moor since January – a run of 13 games.
Arsenal’s £45million midfielder Thomas Partey returned from injury for his first start of the season while Dyche named an unchanged side – in keeping with his nine years of stability at the club.
With England manager Gareth Southgate watching on, Arsenal stroked the ball without Burnley being able to lay a glove on them in the opening half-hour with Kieran Tierney a particular threat down the left.
Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who was again preferred to Bernd Leno, managed to keep a clean sheet as the Gunners won
Burnley's Matej Vydra was given a penalty after a challenge from Ramsdale but the decision was overturned by VAR
