‘ARE you West Ham in disguise’ sang the jubilant Arsenal fans to the quickly emptying home stands.

As disguises go, it wasn’t a very imaginative one from Burnley but you could see what they meant.

Arsenal put in a superb display as they ran out 5-0 winners over Burnley

The Gunners had four different goalscorers including Leandro Trossard

Burnley did not muster a single shot on target

Because for the second weekend the rampant Gunners ran riot at the home of a team in claret and blue.

Vintage against the Clarets, you might say – and you can only raise a glass to Mikel Arteta’s men in this kind of mood.

Luckily for Aston Villa they hosted the North Londoners back in December!

If there was one small crumb of comfort for Vincent Kompany’s side it was that they ONLY conceded five.

That’s one fewer than the Hammers shipped in last Sunday’s London derby.

But even so it was almost Groundhog Day for the Gunners.

Bukayo Saka scored twice – just as he did at London Stadium and Leandro Trossard was also on the mark once again.

Arteta’s men have now rattled in 21 goals in five matches – their warm weather training break in the Middle East had clearly done them good.

And after a bright start by the home side, it took the Gunners just four minutes to take the lead with their first attack of the afternoon.

Declan Rice started the move with a driving run and he swept the ball out to Gabriel Martinelli on the left.

He picked out Martin Odegaard on the edge of the box and the Norwegian had the freedom of East Lancashire to take a touch, pick his spot and beat James Trafford.

It was an eight goal of the season for the skipper and just what his team needed after Liverpool’s win earlier in the afternoon.

Clarets boss Vincent Kompany was watching from the stands after picking up a third yellow card of the season at Liverpool last week.

And the Belgian would have been alarmed at the number of times his team surrendered possession around their own box.

It could have got worse for the home side as Saka’s long ball sent Trossard racing clear.

He tried to go round Trafford but the England Under 21 keeper got a good hand on it – and Dara O’Shea completed the clearance.

Arsenal made their dominance count

Martin Odegaard was at his creative best against Burnley

Saka’s low cross from the left was hoofed away by Sander Berge with Kai Havertz lurking at the back stick ready for a tap in.

Trossard produced a fresh air shot from another low cross but Burnley were finding it tough to get a handle on the Belgium international.

That much was clear just before the break as deadline day signing Lorenz Assignon found himself on the wrong side in the box.

There was enough contact for ref Jarred Gillett to point to the spot – and the VAR did not see enough evidence to overturn it.

Saka took responsisbility and his spot-kick was just out of the reach of Trafford – giving the visitors some breathing space.

That made it four Prem games in a row that the England wide man has scored in.

And this one put his team firmly on course for a fifth consecutive league win since the turn of the year.

Burnley – who have won only once at Turf Moor all season – had not managed a single shot on target all half for all their endeavour.

Kompany’s words at the break must have seemed pretty hollow as the visitors put the game to bed within a couple of minutes of the re-start.

Odegaard’s clever ball split the home defence and Saka took a touch past Hannes Delcroix to get the ball onto his right foot.

He still had plenty to do but thumped a shot into the roof of the net that Trafford hardly saw as it fizzed past him.

Burnley fans must have thought the day couldn’t get much worse – but the way this season is going it certainly could.

In pouring rain, Aaron Ramsey seemed to get his studs caught after a tackle from Odegaard and needed oxygen as he was stretchered off in some distress.

The match was overshadowed by Aaron Ramsey’s horror injury

The Burnley midfielder was given oxygen and stretchered off

He was replaced by Charlie Taylor who tried to block a shot from Kai Havertz after a powerful run down the left by Jakub Kiwior.

Nevertheless, Trossard scored the goal his outstanding performance deserved when the ball broke kindly to him.

And Arsenal’s troubles didn’t end there. As Burnley switched off from a throw in, their heads had completely dropped.

Kai Havertz put the cherry on top by scoring a fifth goal

After Havertz pounced on the loose ball, he easily skipped past Delcroix and went under Trafford for the fifth goal.

The last time Burnley lost by five was in November 2020; this is a terrible start to the season for them.