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Burnley goalkeeper Pope eager to make history today against Arsenal

Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope fancies making some history today against Arsenal.

A home victory over Mikel Arteta's side at Turf Moor on Saturday lunchtime would therefore see Burnley complete a first double over the Gunners since the 1962/63 season.

And Pope is looking for a repeat of the display Sean Dyche's men gave in drawing 1-1 with third-placed Leicester City on Wednesday night to give themselves a chance of closing a 58-year gap.

“I think we went back to the Crystal Palace level of performance I suppose," Pope told the club's website.

“We looked a threat going forward and in the main looked solid at the back

“It was just a better performance than we had put in over the last couple of games which we were disappointed with.

“It was good to bounce back because it's not easy. It was a good shift from the boys and we were unlucky not to get the win really.

Arsenal are another traditional top-six team. Obviously, we won down at their place which was a great result for us at the time and is still a great result now.

“It would be good to replicate that and to have two wins over them in a season would be a good effort.

“It's a game we are looking forward to and another one that comes round quickly so we will be looking to take the momentum out of the good performance the other night into Saturday."

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