Daily Mirror - 19.08.2019

19.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR

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DM1ST

LUIZ: I HAD

TO JUMP

OFF THE

BRIDGE..

I NEEDED

THE OXYGEN

OF A NEW

CHALLENGE

IN ASSOCIATION

WITH

COMING UP...

FACT ROOM...

ARSENAL

Sat Liverpool (away) .........PL

Sep 1 Tottenham (home) ......PL

Sep 15 Watford (away) ............PL

BURNLEY

Sat Wolves (away) .............PL

Aug 31 Liverpool (home) ........PL

Sep 14 Brighton (away) ..........PL

THEY SAID IT...

I don’t feel hard done by. I think it

was a very good performance. We

used the ball wisely when we

could. They had a few chances,

Pope made a superb save.

SEAN DYCHE

Arsenal have won their first two

games of a Prem season for the

first time since 2009-10.

Sean Dyche has lost all nine of his

Prem matches against Arsenal.

Alexandre Lacazette registered his

40th goal involvement for Arsenal

in the Prem since his debut in

August 2017 (28 goals, 12 assists),

a haul only Pierre-Emerick

Aubameyang can better for the

club in that time (43).

Lacazette has been directly

involved in 28 goals (21 goals and

seven assists) in 36 Prem

appearances for Arsenal at the

Emirates, the joint-most of any

player for the club since his debut

in August 2017.

Only Sadio Mane (14) and Sergio

Aguero (13) have scored more Prem

goals in 2019 than Ashley Barnes

(12 - level with Jamie Vardy).

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ARSENAL

Leno ............................................... 6

Maitland-Niles ................................ 6

Sokratis ...........................................7

Luiz BOOKED ....................................7

Monreal .......................................... 8

Guendouzi .......................................7

Willock .............................................7

Aubameyang BOOKED .....................7

Ceballos.......................................... 9

Nelson ............................................ 5

Lacazette ........................................7

SUBS

Pepe (Nelson 45) ............................7

Kolasinac (Lacazette 71)................ 6

Torreira (Ceballos 83)

BURNLEY

Pope ............................................... 6

Lowton ........................................... 6

Tarkowski ........................................7

Mee..................................................7

Pieters ............................................ 5

Cork ................................................ 6

Westwood ....................................... 6

Gudmundsson ................................ 6

McNeil .............................................7

Barnes BOOKED ...............................7

Wood............................................... 5

SUBS

Rodriguez (Wood 61) ...................... 5

Lennon (Gudmundsson 72) ........... 5

STATS YOUR LOT...

67% POSSESSION 32%

9 SHOTS ON TARGET 5

4 SHOTS OFF TARGET 9

529 TOTAL PASSES 234

84% PASSING SUCCESS 66%

10 CORNERS 7

5 OFFSIDE 1

13 FOULS 11

0 2 CARDS 1 0

DANI CEBALLOS

MAN OF THE MATCH

REFEREE

Mike Dean

ATTENDANCE

60,214

life, how to dream, and that

is what I am going to do

here. I am a guy with ambi-

tion, and that is why I

moved. I could choose a

comfortable zone, get

money, be cool and that is

it. But I like a new challenge

and new things in my life.

“This is what gives me

oxygen and what gives me

motivation.

“Everyone knows I was so

happy at Chelsea and I won

many trophies there. But I

had a real honest conversa-

tion with Lamps and he had

different ideas with his

plans for the year.

“So the best way for me to

respect the club was to

move on, try a new

challenge, and give him the

opportunity to do his job.

“I am so happy here. I

have felt welcome. This is a

big club and I want to see it

shine – on the pitch and off.

“This is why I left my

family when I was 14 to try

something new around the

world. My philosophy in life

is to be positive and

to be a dreamer.

“But you must

understand that

to achieve your

dream you have

to work hard.

“I can dream and

we can fight for some-

thing big: That is always

going to be my speech to

everyone.

“Now it is up to the team.

The team is going to dream

more, the team is going to

prepare better and under-

stand the game.”

Arsenal were good value

for goals from Alexandre

Lacazette and Pierre-Emer-

ick Aubameyang, Ashley

Barnes equalising for the

spirited Clarets just before

the break.

But the real star of the

show was on-loan Real

Madrid midfielder Dani

Ceballos, whose cocktail of

silk and steel was an instant

hit with the Gooners.

Luiz (above) added: “He is

someone who loves to play

football and do his job.

“He is showing exactly

what he is as a player, some-

one who loves to get on the

ball and take the game (to

opponents).

“He played an amazing

game and I hope he can

keep improving. He played

at a different level and it

was good for everybody.”

Brazil star vows to teach the Gunners

how to turn their dreams into trophies

BY MIKE WALTERS

DAVID LUIZ joined

Arsenal because he

didn’t want to drift into

the comfort zone after a

heart-to-heart with

Chelsea manager Frank

Lampard.

The Gunners’ deadline-

day signing made a winning

debut on the pitch and in

the hair salon, where his

spot-the- difference compe-

tition with new team-mate

Matteo Guendouzi and

their tumbleweed perms

will keep commentators on

their toes.

For defensive resolve,

Luiz was often damned

with faint praise about

backbones and jellyfish at

Stamford Bridge. But few

players can match the

Brazilian’s collection of

winners’ medals,

from a Premier

League title to

the Champions

League, FA Cup

and Europa

League.

And even if the

bargain £8million centre-

back’s magic does not rub

off on the Gunners, the hair-

spray duels with Guendouzi

will be unmissable.

Luiz, 32, spoke eloquently

about the experience he will

bring to the Emirates and

his earnest hope of helping

Arsenal to “shine” after they

completed a 10th consecu-

tive top-flight win against

Burnley. He said: “I try to

give what I have learned

from my life. I had a fantas-

tic opportunity to live here,

many fantastic moments in

my career, many titles.

“I just try to make them

understand that everything

is possible if you work hard,

if you really believe, if you

are humble, keep your feet

on the ground and take it

step by step.

“The game against New-

castle and this one shows

the team now understands

how to take the three

points. And in the end I try

to give them what many

players did for me in my life.

“My experience has

taught me how to believe in

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Lacazette 13, Aubameyang 64

BURNLEY 1

Barnes 43

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