Arsenal battled out a 3-1 Premier League victory at home to Burnley on Saturday afternoon despite Fabio Vieira’s late dismissal.
In a reversal of the played-out stereotypes between the recent Premier League iterations of these clubs, Arsenal bullied Burnley with a torrent of high balls into the box, scoring all three goals via this airborne route. Josh Brownhill briefly had the visitors level but the Gunners were worth three hard-fought points.
With Mikel Arteta and Vincent Kompany in either dugout, there was a distinct Manchester City flavour to the personnel – rather than the scrappy…
