‘Did very well’, ‘solid’, these Arsenal fans appreciate 27-year-old’s display vs Burnley

A section of the Arsenal fans have appreciated the performance of defender Shkodran Mustafi during the club’s goalless Premier League draw against Burnley on the road.

The German was undoubtedly the best-performing defender in the recent FA Cup fourth round win over Bournemouth but he picked up an ankle concern which saw him substituted.

However, the centre-back was able to recover from the minor setback in time for the Clarets clash where he was dominant in the air for vast parts of the game.

Sean Dyche’s side were indeed handed with a couple of clear-cut chances to find the net but overall, the defensive display from the side was good as they were able to handle the physical presence of the Clarets players.

As per whoscored, Mustafi was the highest rated player from the Gunners side as he managed one tackle, two interceptions, seven clearances and won seven aerial duels.

Mustafi has not been a favourite among the Gunners fans for his inconsistency in the performances but a few of them have expressed their pleasure over his showing at Turf Moor on Sunday.

Twitter Reactions:

Mustafi does what a centre-back should do and 'unsettles' his man. In other words he shoves Burnley No9 Chris Wood off the ball. Love to see fight in an Arsenal defender even if ref Kavanagh should have given a free-kick. Refreshing to see such game management in an Arsenal man

— Layth (@laythy29) February 2, 2020

Arguably the only positive from today was that Mustafi was excellent. Given his injury on Monday & Burnley’s playstyle, he dealt with everything thrown at him extremely well. Since the mistake against Chelsea, he has been almost faultless. Credit to him.

— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) February 2, 2020

If Maguire or Van Dijk had a performance like Mustafi today, the whole world would’ve lost their minds. And don’t start with that ,,it’s only Burnley” cause they destroyed Man U last week. Lord Mustafi ??

— bojchev (@BoForArsenal) February 2, 2020

Mustafi was very good today. Did very well against Burnley's strikers. Probably our best player.

— LTArsenal™ (@ltarsenal) February 2, 2020

Agreed, perhaps one of his best performances with the Arsenal shirt too. Extremely solid ?

— The Arsenal Review (@thearsreview) February 2, 2020

Arsenal are still 10 points behind the Champions League places after they failed to capitalise on fourth-placed Chelsea’s failure to win against Leicester City on the road.

Arteta’s side will now head to Dubai for a warm weather training camp during the winter break. They are scheduled to host Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium in around two weeks’ time.