Gunners aiming to build on turnaround

BURNLEY: This has been a season of unrelenting surprises in the English Premier League and has the shock therapy been more acutely felt than Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger's side has lurched from the sublime to the ridiculous with bewildering frequency this term, its inconsistency indicative of a division which has shed much of its reputation for predictability.

From title race deadbeats two weeks ago, after a home defeat by Chelsea, Arsenal now find themselves grasping eagerly at a lifeline thrown by their rivals.