Arsenal want run to go on, warns Giroud

NO OTHER scoreline could have emphasised how seriously this new Arsenal team are taking their prospects of winning major trophies again. ‘One-nil to the Arsenal’ used to be commonplace before Arsene Wenger arrived and made everything more exciting, and you sensed the class of 2015 quite enjoyed travelling north and nicking the narrowest of victories at Burnley with a first-half goal from Aaron Ramsey. It was Arsenal’s eighth win in a row, their best run since The Invincibles team in 2004, and kept the pressure on Chelsea, who they meet in their next league game at the Emirates. Only once before this season have Arsenal won 1-0 but striker Olivier Giroud feels the hard-fought victory proved this current Wenger team are built to last. ‘You can’t play your best football every game. We tried to be focused on not conceding and it’s one more clean sheet,’ Giroud (above) said proudly. ‘As long as we were winning the game I don’t think we were in too much danger. We are really pleased. ‘If we had been told we would win this game 1-0 I would have taken it straight away. ‘We know about the record of the Invincibles but we don’t want to stop here. We want to carry on and keep going until the end.’

BURNLEY (4-42): Heaton 6; Trippier 7, Duff 5.5, Shackell 6, Mee 6; Boyd 5.5, Arfield 6, Jones 6 (Taylor 90min), Barnes 6; Ings 5.5, Vokes 5.5. Subs

not used: Gilks, Keane, Ward, Kightly, Jutkiewicz, Ulvestad. Booked: Mee, Duff. ARSENAL (4-2-3-1): Ospina 7; Bellerin 6.5, Mertesacker 6.5, Koscielny 6.5, Monreal 7; Coquelin 7, Carzola 6; Ramsey 8, Ozil 6.5, Sanchez 7 (Chambers 90); Giroud 6 (Welbeck 82). Subs not used: Szczesny, Gibbs, Rosicky, Walcott, Flamini. Scorer: Ramsey 12.

Man of the match: Aaron

Ramsey.

Referee: Mike Dean 6.5.