Key Events So Far
- GOAL!!!!! Arsenal steal the game at the death as Koscielny b...
Wenger claims he didn't see if winner was handball
It was a difficult game. I felt we had to not concede and be patient and keep going against a team who are well organised with full spirit. Overall we lacked sharpness and our legs were heavy today and that was a game we could win 1-0 and also lose 1-0 on set-pieces.
I have not seen the replay and honestly from the bench I didn’t even see the ball go in. Maybe we were a bit lucky there [with the handball] if you tell me that and you have seen it again then maybe we were lucky, yes?
We made many technical mistakes today, particularly in the first half. We wanted to win and knew it could be a big week for us and maybe we played with the handbrake and not enough freedom, not enough combinations or with enough pace.
Is it down to us being below our level or is it down to Burnley defending well. It was certainly a bit of both.”
Dyche questions whether there were several things wrong with Arsenal's winner
You have to question the added time, the corner and whether it should have come in, the handball and question whether we should have dealt with it. It’s a poor way to end a game. We are disappointed in that but encouraged by the performance.
We were taking on one of the superpower clubs. Obviously it’s the ultimate frustration with the last 10 seconds or so.
There’s no point in trying to pass them off the park. We wanted to get the ball forward quickly and earn the right to score a goal.
Defensively you have to be diligent about your work.
The mood in the dressing room is not low, we know what the challenge is. It’s more one of frustration because they have done enough to earn a point after keeping a good side quiet.
Our goalkeeper Tom Heaton has not had much do and almost saved the goal. We’re the minnows of the division and not got the spending power so we are learning. There’s a lot of positives to come out of this.”
Oxlade-Chamberlain: We needed to stay focussed after City's loss
We heard about the Manchester City result before kick-off but we needed to stay focused on us.
[City losing] does us a favour and brings us all closer together and the important thing was that we needed to get the three points, which was very tough at the end of the day.
We did what we needed to do today and we need to push on after the international break.
Koscielny tells team-mates to keep their feet on the floor
It was very important to keep up our run. We have won a lot of games and we wanted to go into the international break with a win and we did that.
We need to keep our feet on the floor because we played well against Chelsea and Basle and we need to keep this up for the next game.
It was difficult tonight and you could see they played well.
Tonight the movement and the speed of our passing was a bit less and we needed to push ourselves more and more, and winning is the most difficult thing in __football and to keep the quality of our __football and we needed to work.Tonight we are here with the three points.”
More from Chamberlain.......
The longer that game went on and the longer it stayed at 0-0 it got tougher and tougher for us.
As the game goes on, I wouldn’t say you start panicking but you know you need a goal soon and you start to play a little bit differently. We always try to play the same way and we tried to do that today. In the end we went a little bit more direct and it paid off for us with the goal as one of us snuck in at the back post.
It was a tough game and credit to them because they defended excellently well and played to their strengths to make it tough for us and we are delighted with the result in the end.”
'I don’t know if I touched the ball with my hand'
Koscielny claimed he doesn’t know if Arsenal’s crucial goal against Burnley touched his hand.
I don’t know if it was handball. I tried to smash the ball with my right foot and after I didn’t see where the ball was going and I don’t know if I touched the ball with my hand.The ref gave us the goal and you have to respect the referee’s decision.
It was a hard game but we had the opportunity to score in the game and we didn’t and we pushed ourselves to win the game and we did it at the end.
It is good for us to get the three points.
'That is one of the biggest wins of the season for us for sure'
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain admitted he did kick the ball into Koscielny - which would have resulted in the defender being offside.
It has hit both of us at some point but it squeezed in and that is all that matters.
That is one of the biggest wins of the season for us for sure.”
This is how much it means!
He didn’t know it at the time but Oxlade-Chamberlain was not the one who would be credited with the goal.
But you suspect that wouldn’t matter one jot to the England winger after he and Koscielny helped bundle the ball in for a winner in the third minute of injury-time.
Look at what it means to the Gunners’ players!
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What a win that could be for Arsenal. They struggled in the final third for the majority of the match, but the goal in the dying seconds to secure the three points. Arsene Wenger will be elated with his team, while Sean Dyche will be feeling sick as his side did enough to earn a share of the spoils.
FULL-TIME: BURNLEY 0-1 ARSENAL
That's it the referee brings an end to the game.
GOAL!!!!! Arsenal steal the game at the death as Koscielny bundles the ball home from close range after latching on to Sanchez's cross. It's so cruel on Burnely, but the Gunners will be delighted.
Walcott got a flick on to the back post to allow his team-mate to score.
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Arsenal win it late on!
A corner was taken short and when the ball was delivered, at the far post Koscielny and Oxlade-Chamberlain were there at the far post unmarked.
Burnley’s fans will be furious handball wasn’t given when the ball was kicked into Koscielny’s arms which were by his face.
But all that matters was the ball was bundled in and the Gunners have won 1-0.
One last chance for Arsenal from a corner. Can they make Burnley pay?
Arsenal pile men forward in the dying seconds and it's all hands to the pumps for the home side.
Can Burnley hold on?
The Burnley players are looking a little tired now.
They have covered some serious mileage and defended with real discipline.
But if they switch off for a minute, Arsenal will be in.
There will be two minutes of added time.
Walcott almost bundles his way through the Burnley defence, but once again Keane is there to clear the danger.
Arsena's final ball today has been nowhere near good enough and Oxlade-Chamberlain is the next guilty party by slamming his cross straight into Mee's legs.
Burnley's team of unsung heroes
You could argue there is not a single ‘star’ in this Burnley team but they are full of unsung heroes.
The likes of George Boyd are not fashionable but the ground they cover for their team in remarkable.
One of those is Dean Marney. He is never going to grab headlines but the job he does for the Clarets in front of the back four is incredible.
CHANCE! Burnley get caught out at the back and Sanchez slides the ball to Walcott, who curls an effort towards the top corner from the edge of the box, but sends it just past the post.
Ozil tries a throughball for Oxlade-Chamberlain, but his pass just has too much pace on it for the midfielder to reach before it heads out of play.
Burnley are backed up right on the edge of their own box. They have to be so careful here with their discipline and organisation.
Ozil drifts off his man at the back post to collect Cazorla's cross, but his ball across the face of goal is poor and cleared away from danger. However, Arsenal are coming forward again.
Burnley are continuing their stout effort at the back, but will have to be wary of their concentration levels dropping late in the game.
Arsenal get a chance to threaten from a free-kick as Ozil lines up a strike from 30 yards, but his day doesn't improve as he slams his effort into the wall.
Arsenal could be two or three behind despite dominating the possession
Burnley have been happy to soak up the possession but even being on the backfoot for much of the game, they have had some of the best chances.
Vokes’ header in the first half was the best opportunity of the opening period and Keane has just rattled the crossbar with a header from a corner.
Had they gone in, this would have been looked at in a similar light as the Clarets’ win over Liverpool earlier this season.
Tactically Burnley have been very impressive.
