REPORT: Burnley 0 Arsenal 0

Perhaps it’s just not meant to be as the Clarets were left waiting for their first Premier League win over Arsenal.

But after a terrific Turf Moor performance - and a first home draw in almost a year -they could not have come closer.

And after a run of 10 successive league defeats against the former champions, stopping the rot was the least Sean Dyche’s men deserved as they made it seven points from three games to go into the mid-winter break in great shape.

The hat-trick of wins after the victories over Leicester and Manchester United that had transformed the Clarets’ fortunes proved cruelly elusive as Jay Rodriguez went closest to a late winner with an effort that bounced down off the bar…