Arsenal saw off Burnley at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday to maintain their perfect start to the new Premier League campaign – in a match that saw Unai Emery hand David Luiz and Dani Ceballos their full debuts.

Bargain signing Luiz was selected to start alongside Sokratis Papastathopoulos in a four-man defence, with Real Madrid loanee Ceballos picked at the top of Arsenal’s midfield, in between youngsters Reiss Nelson and Joe Willock.

Both impressed for Arsenal, with Luiz immediately bolstering the club’s defence and Ceballos assisting both goals.

There was also an appearance for club-record signing Nicolas Pépé, who came off the bench to replace Nelson at half-time.

Here is what we made of Arsenal’s new boys.

Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Show all 22 1 /22 Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Petr Cech – 6 out of 10 Made a handful of saves throughout, but was not tested to his limits at any stage. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Gabriel Paulista – 5 out of 10 Looked strong going forward, but defensive positioning looked lapse at times. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Shkodran Mustafi – 6 out of 10 Scored the opener for Arsenal following a worthy penalty shout. Defended well, also. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Laurent Koscielny – 6 out of 10 Made a number of crucial interceptions, challenges and clearances. As per usual with Kos. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Nacho Monreal – 5 out of 10 His decisions when in possession were questionable and he was losing all of the 50/50 challenges. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Granit Xhaka – 3 out of 10 Received a red card for a terrible tackle on Defour. Mediocre performance other than that. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Aaron Ramsey – 6 out of 10 Did the simple stuff well, but his deliveries into the danger zones could have certainly been better. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Alex Iwobi – 7 out of 10 His work rate was faultless - he more than occupied his defensive duties. He caused problems going forward. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Mesut Ozil – 7 out of 10 Was a key element to Arsenal’s attacking force and he created a cluster of chances for the home side. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Alexis Sanchez – 9 out of 10 He terrorised the Burnley defence throughout and his penalty to win the game was an example of his confidence and composure. Truly sublime. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Olivier Giroud – 6 out of 10 Failed to cause any real problems for Heaton, but he was involved throughout. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Tom Heaton – 7 out of 10 Aside from the goals, he made a number of quality saves to deny an embarrassing score line. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Matthew Lowton – 6 out of 10 Defended well and made some encouraging runs forward, overlapping the midfielders. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Michael Keane – 7 out of 10 Stood his ground against the relentless Arsenal strike force. Made some huge tackles and held the line well at the back. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Ben Mee – 6 out of 10 Made a handful of vital tackles to dispossess the Arsenal forwards. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Stephen Ward – 6 out of 10 Courageously battled throughout and start moves from the back when possible. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Dean Marney – 5 out of 10 It was a tiresome performance from a man of such quality. Should have impacted the game a lot more. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings George Boyd – 5 out of 10 Was wasteful in possession, but defensively he showed glimpses of brilliance. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Jeff Hendrick – 5 out of 10 Gave possession away cheaply, but his work rate was obvious out there. He reads the game well. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Steven Defour – 7 out of 10 His set pieces were dangerous and he was a key element to Burnley going throughout. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Andre Gray – 6 out of 10 Scored the late equaliser to keep his side afloat, but had a somewhat quiet game aside from that. Lacked service from the midfield men. Arsenal vs Burnley player ratings Ashley Barnes – 6 out of 10 Won the late penalty for Burnley, but otherwise it was a mediocre display. Had a few shots, but apart from that there was not much action surrounding the striker.

David Luiz

David Luiz had a fine game (Getty)

The 32-year-old made a confident start to his Arsenal debut and quickly began dictating the rhythm of Arsenal’s play from the heart of defence. He moved the ball around well and was quick to attempt a long diagonal over the top for Arsenal’s forward to chase: a key feature of his play at Chelsea.

But he will be disappointed with Burnley’s equalising goal. It was by no means his fault – and Ashley Barnes did benefit from a kind deflection before prodding the ball beyond Bernd Leno – but rather the result of some generally slack positioning from Arsenal’s defenders.

The Brazilian has his work cut out helping to sort this defence out.

Luiz had an encouragingly quiet second-half as Arsenal fought back to win. He will be proud of his debut performance and already looks a fine signing – particularly if he is well protected by Lucas Torreira and Mattéo Guendouzi, as he was today.

Grade: B

Dani Ceballos

The Spaniard assisted both goals (Reuters)

A superb performance. Ceballos looks like he is something special.

The Spaniard was a lively presence in the centre of Arsenal’s midfield – deployed just behind Pierre-Emerick Aubabeyang and Alexandre Lacazette – and created a number of good chances for the duo. Early on he found the Frenchman in space at the near post with a perfectly weighted pass, while his corner led to the opening goal.

He played a far greater part in Arsenal’s second. Ceballos caught Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson dawdling in possession, snapping the ball away from him and immediately releasing Aubameyang, who strode forward and finished speculatively.

It was an extremely encouraging performance from the 23-year-old Real Madrid player, who was named Man of the Match.

Grade: A

Nicolas Pépé

The club-record signing came on at half-time (Getty)

Unai Emery threw club-record signing Pépé on at half-time, in an attempt to turn this match around. Arsenal successfully did so, but in truth that had little to do with their £72m man.

This was another relatively quiet cameo from the 24-year-old winger. He had some nice touches, and combined nicely with Ainsley Maitland-Niles, but the fireworks will come later.

He did go close to setting up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with the score at 1-1, only for Nick Pope to beat the striker’s shot away.

And he should really have set up the striker in injury time, only to underhit a simple pass when in a two-on-one counter-attack.