The Independent - 19.08.2019

(Joyce) #1
Luiz is likely to feature heavily at Arsenal
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With Luiz settling in at the back, it was normal service in attack as Lacazette opened the scoring, firing
between Nick Pope's legs despite losing his balance.


Barnes levelled as he benefited from a deflection to beat Luiz to the ball and slot home – only for
Aubameyang's crisp second-half finish to settle the contest and extend Arsenal's winning league run over
Burnley to 10 games.


"It seems to happen here a few times," Pope said of another defeat to Arsenal.


"The performance was really encouraging. We put Arsenal under some real pressure by pressing high up
the pitch and we got some joy from that.”

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