15-second strike makes PL history amid mauling; Arsenal survives scare: Wrap

Burnley put five goals past Sheffield United in a mauling at Turf Moor, with Jay Rodriguez entering the Premier League record books.

Rodriguez fired the home side ahead with just 15 seconds on the clock – the fastest goal of the season so far.

The English striker also became the first player in PL history to score in the opening 15 seconds of two separate matches – doing so for Southampton in a 2013 game against Chelsea.

The English striker also became the first player in PL history to score in the opening 15 seconds of two separate matches – doing so for Southampton in a 2013 game against Chelsea.

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Jacob Bruun Larsen extended their lead and Sheffield United’s task was made almost impossible when Oli McBurnie received a second yellow card shortly before the break.

Zeki Amdouni made it 3-0 in the 73rd minute, with Luca Koleosho and Josh Brownhill also finding the net as the floodgates opened.

Paul Heckingbottom’s men are now bottom – stuck on just a single win and they have now conceded five goals or more on three occasions this season.

But Burnley are just two points from safety after only their second win of the season _ and Kompany said he hoped the three points would be a launch pad.

“I think the guys have deserved it,” he told the BBC. “They have performed well for a while. This league is brutal.

“I haven’t felt the nerves (from the team). I could barely contain them, they were raring to go. The frustration of last week (conceding two late goals against West Ham) didn’t turn into negativity. It turned into ‘we’ll show people’.”

ARSENAL SURVIVES LATE SCARE TO EXTEND PL LEAD

Arsenal survived a late scare against Wolves on Sunday (all times AEDT) to extend its lead at the top of the Premier League as Burnley lifted themselves off the bottom with a 5-0 trouncing of 10-man Sheffield United.

Mikel Arteta’s Gunners, brimming with confidence after their 6-0 hammering of Lens in the Champions League in midweek, raced into a 2-0 lead at the Emirates within 13 minutes.

Bukayo Saka opened the scoring and Arsenal doubled their lead when Oleksandr Zinchenko cut the ball back for Martin Odegaard, who picked out the bottom corner.

The home side came agonisingly close to a third goal when Gabriel Martinelli cannoned a shot off the post towards the end of the first half.

But they failed to put the game to bed and were made to sweat when Wolves forward Matheus Cunha found the top corner in the 86th minute to set up a tense finale.

Despite the scare, Arsenal, last year’s runners-up, held on for their 10th win in 14 league games, which moves them four points clear of champions Manchester City, who host Tottenham on Monday.