Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang shot to the top of the Premier League scoring charts with two goals in Saturday’s 3-1 home win over struggling Burnley.
The victory returns Arsenal to winning ways after two straight defeats.
The Gabon forward gave Arsenal the lead in the 14th minute, knocking in a pass from Sead Kolasinac after a classy ball from Mesut Ozil.
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He then smashed high into the net in the 48th to complete an impressive counter-attack from Unai Emery’s side.
Burnley, 18th in the table and without an away win since September, hit back with a scrappy goal from Ashley Barnes.
Barnes had spurned a good chance to take an unlikely lead at the start of the game when Ashley Westwood was denied by the feet of Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
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Substitute Alex Iwobi restored Arsenal’s two-goal cushion with a simple finish in stoppage-time, helped by another clever move from German playmaker Ozil.
Ozil, Arsenal’s captain for the day, was left out of the team for Wednesday’s 2-0 League Cup defeat by Tottenham Hotspur.
Aubameyang’s brace moved him on to 12 goals for the season, leapfrogging Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah as the league’s top scorer.
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His goals also take fifth-placed Arsenal on to 37 points, level with Chelsea who play Leicester City later.
Arsenal’s 22-game unbeaten run in all competitions was halted on Sunday with a 3-2 defeat at Southampton.
They were also knocked out of the League Cup at the quarter-final stage with a painful home loss to north London neighbours Tottenham.
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