Gunners winning habit pleases Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny admits it was crucial for Arsenal to keep grinding to the finish as they picked up a last-gasp win over Burnley.

The Gunners needed an injury-time penalty from Alexis Sanchez to see off the Clarets 2-1, and with Tottenham, Manchester City and Liverpool all drawing, are now up into second place in the Premier League.

Arsenal are still unbeaten in 2017, and have picked up 13 points from a possible 15 in the league since back-to-back defeats to Everton and City.

And according to centre-back Koscielny, the fight shown by the side was the key factor, as well as the support of the crowd at the Emirates Stadium.

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He said: “For the confidence it’s very important to keep the wins on a roll. With the results this weekend it’s important to show our character and we did it.

“We play sometimes well with the ball but sometimes you need to fight for your team-mates and I think we did it here.

“I think the stadium, the fans were very important to push ourselves to take the three points. We need to keep this for the other games.”