Eberechi Eze scored a shocking hat-trick in his first ever North London derby as Arsenal thrashed rivals Tottenham 4-1 within the Premier League.
Eze, who opted to hitch Arsenal relatively than Spurs in the summertime, confirmed their rivals precisely what they have been lacking with a superb treble on the Emirates, with Leandro Trossard additionally on course in a dominant win for the league leaders, who at the moment are six factors clear on the summit.
Richarlison supplied Tottenham’s solely second to rejoice with a superb long-range lob however it was in useless as they suffered their first away defeat of the marketing campaign.
Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham because it occurred
Arsenal began the sport on the entrance foot, with Spurs sitting again and aiming to be resolute. Bukayo Saka was the person who went closest early, stinging the palms of Guglielmo Vicario with a free-kick.
They did lastly get the lead their dominance deserved when Trossard introduced down Martin Zubimendi’s ball contained in the field earlier than turning and tucking the ball into the far nook.
Just a few minutes later, Arsenal had a two-goal lead when Eze danced his means by a group of pretty static defenders earlier than firing the ball in for a aim which sparked delerium on the Emirates.
Thomas Frank opted to ditch the again 5 for a extra typical again 4 at half-time however it didn’t spark a change of their fortunes, with Eze grabbing his second with a scientific left-footed end solely a minute into the second half.
Richarlison gave Spurs a glimmer of hope out of nowhere after catching David Raya off his line earlier than lobbing the Arsenal stopper with a superb first-time strike to scale back the arrears.
However it was to be Arsenal’s – and certainly Eze’s – day as he eradicated any hopes of a comeback by finishing his hat-trick with one other beautifully-taken strike.
