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LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal jumped above Manchester United into second place in the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over Burnley on Saturday, but if Nicklas Bendtner made any sort of completion of the capacity it was higher.
Danish host team missed several easy opportunities are increasingly also seeks Arsenal four-goal win would have taken them above Chelsea on goal difference.
As it was, and goals by Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott and Andrei Arshavin took them to 61 points with leaders Chelsea, who are in the FA Cup action against Stoke City on Sunday.
Arsenal, who had 11 points off the pace in December and nine behind by one month, and may go down again to third place later on Saturday when United, on 60, and seek to lead with a win or draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Burnley management with only one draw and 13 defeats in 14 previous away games in the league this season, it did not surprise Arsenal was at the top from the beginning.
Burnley seemed content to sit deep and allow Arsenal to do all that neat passes before them.
The responsibility is on Walcott to find a way through the show itself and deserves a place in England in the World Cup, but although the wing has had some success early against the full back but failed to offer much in the way of crosses can be converted.
Instead, it was the needle between the eye and the departure of Fabregas, Samir Nasri, which opened at the end of the day on Burnley massed ranks and enabled the Spanish cleverly slipped in the first match after 34 minutes.
Hamstring
The mercurial midfielder limped after a few minutes with a hamstring strain, “said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger later he did not know until Sunday whether he will be out of the Champions League last Tuesday game against Porto.
Arsenal paid for their profligacy when he gave David Nugent space to run through the middle and lifting the ball over the goalkeeper Manuel Almunia five minutes into the second half.
Cote restore lead 10 minutes later with a well taken shot from the crowd but sat down while waiting to return to the peak of purpose that would take them top, and lacks the nervous before leaving Arshavin finally killing run in stoppage time.
Kinder to look at a driver from either of the two title rivals, Arsenal remain in the hunt for first title since 2004.
“We have a great togetherness, that’s for sure, when you have gone through what we have this season, and we stand where we must be strong mentally,”Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told Sky Sports News.
“Everybody buried us 10 times, and we are still there, and we believe we will fight until the hunger.”
Wenger said he was concerned about the missed opportunities may have cost his team, but remains confident in Bendtner.
“Niklas game was totally alien to today, and its contribution was very good year but missed the finish, and he knows that,” he said. “But the team did not pay for it the next time he will put them to enter.”
Bolton Wanderers brought a massive wave his first away win since September when they won 2-1 at West Ham United and more clear from the edge of the relegation zone.
Targets early by Kevin Davis, on loan Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere – his first in the league – although this difference West Ham difference a few minutes from the end of the match after Bolton had Tamir Cohen’s expulsion.
(Editing by Tony Jimenez / Kevin Phelan)
