Arsenal stumble in Premier League top four bid with goalless draw vs. Burnley

 Arsenal lost ground on their bid for a top four finish with a 0-0 draw against bottom of the table Burnley  at the Emirates on Sunday.

Mikel Arteta made just one change from the side thag lost 2-0  to Liverpool  in the Carabao Cup semifinal on Thursday with Rob holding  coming in for Takehiro Tomiyasu.

Burnley haven’t played since Jan. 8 and were able to hold Arsenal well despite the home side’s dominance in possession.

“We started slow, we looked leggy and didn’t have enough rhythm or intention to attack the way we wanted. We started to play better, more rhythm and threat and came out in the second half completely different,” Arteta said after the game.

“We tried in every different way but lacked the quality in the final third. At the end, when we have a really low block, you need spark and creativity to win football matches and today we didn’t do that.

“We need to start scoring goals and get back the players, the last four weeks it has been extremely difficult to put training sessions and squads together because of the amount of COVID-19 and injuries.”