Wenger delighted as Arsenal start to find their rhythm

RONALD KOEMAN will face yet more difficult questions at Everton after Jeff Hendrick bolstered Burnley’s impressive away record with the winner at Goodison Park.

Republic of Ireland international Hendrick was on the end of a sweeping move as the Clarets’ 1-0 win was added to a collection of positive road results already featuring a victory at Chelsea and draws at Tottenham and Liverpool.

But it plunged Everton straight back into a crisis, with last weekend’s win over Bournemouth - their only league victory since the opening day of the season - a distant memory as four league defeats in five matches have left manager Koeman’s side just two points above the bottom three.

Burnley’s 12-point haul represents their best start to a Premier League campaign. In ARSENE WENGER believes Arsenal were written off too early this season after they continued their Premier League resurgence with victory over Brighton.

Goals either side of half-time from Nacho Monreal and Alex Iwobi earned a 2-0 success against the Seagulls to leave the Gunners with 10 points from the four league games played since August’s 4-0 thrashing at Liverpool.

Arsenal, who have also claimed back-toback Europa League wins and a Carabao Cup triumph since losing at Anfield, now head into the international break level on 13 points with fourthplaced Chelsea.

“I knew that after the game in Liverpool everybody would write us off and I knew it just depends on us, how much we respond,” said manager Wenger.

“Nothing is permanent; you’re not bad in a permanent way, if you can do something about it, and you’re not good in a permanent way, if you don’t keep your urgency. We responded in a united way and we have put some wins together and some good performances as well.”

Wenger admits he will be sleeping better during the forthcoming set of international fixtures than he did during the last lot, which came immediately after their Anfield horror show.

“Our last international break was a nightmare, this one is a bit better,” he added.

“I would have loved to continue to play but we cannot do anything about that. Let’s hope that the players come back in a good shape.”