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Mesut Özil has the captain’s armband for Arsenal today, incidentally. “Is Ozil being presented held aloft on a silver tray while a fashionable showgirl makes pointy gestures at him?” wonders Hubert O’Hearn, who may have watched too many episodes of Sale of the Century in his youth. “Classic showcase match – winnable opponent and right before the transfer window opens.” This week’s star prizes include a solid-mahogany dining suite, a 20-inch television set and music centre, his-and-hers watches in gold quartz, a 1,000cc easy-on-the-fuel Mini Metro, and a 1,000cc easy-on-the-fuel mercurial German playmaker. Link includes one of the great theme tunes, plus 1970s ITV ident porn.
The home side make five changes to the team that started the League Cup defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in midweek. Bernd Leno, Saed Kolasinac, Mohamed Elneny, Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette come in for Petr Cech, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Aaron Ramsey, Lucas Torreira and Alex Iwobi.
Burnley are also coming off the back of a loss to Tottenham Hotspur, theirs a last-minute sickener in the Premier League last weekend. Two changes from that: Jeff Hendrick and Chris Wood replace Robbie Brady and Aaron Lennon.
Written by Scott Murray
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2018/dec/22/arsenal-v-burnley-premier-league-live under the title “Arsenal v Burnley: Premier League – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
