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Gabriel Martinelli starred as Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 rout of struggling Everton on Wednesday.

Arsenal opened up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as Gabriel Martinelli struck twice in a 4-0 thrashing of relegation-threatened Everton ...

Everton's Idrissa Gueye gifted Arsenal a second on the stroke of halftime. We needed a magic moment and Bukayo produced that. "Once we scored the first goal, the game unlocked. We had some difficulties at the start," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. Everton, who now have only one victory from their last 27 league visits to Arsenal, had actually looked capable of taking something from the game. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Arsenal, now five points ahead of Manchester City in the title race, are the only club with two players to surpass the 10-goal mark this season.

- Bukayo Saka is the first Arsenal player with multiple 10-goal campaigns in the Premier League before turning 22 years old. We're not a million miles away from the previous performances." Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta, on the result: "Once we scored the first goal, the game unlocked. Everton had scored the fewest number of goals in the Premier League (17) and it is difficult to see that record improving markedly until What a goal for Arsenal! Everton competed well here for 40 minutes, matching Arsenal's three-man midfield in a way that created the sort of staccato contest aimed at disrupting the home side's rhythm. Significant challenges remain but Arsenal have every chance of thriving if their young guns continue to play with such endeavour. After Gabriel Martinelli joined Saka in scoring his tenth league goal of the season, Arsenal became the only club to have two players surpass that milestone this season. Saka, Martinelli and Martin Odegaard -- who scored his first goal since Jan. The second featured the sort of youthful dynamism that has epitomised their season to this point and after the break, they turned what could have been a fraught evening into a canter which had fans cheering every pass and singing about being top of the league. Bukayo Saka became the second youngest Arsenal player after Cesc Fabregas to reach 50 Premier League goal involvements on Wednesday. This was Arsenal's long-awaited game-in-hand, one of ten Premier League matches postponed in September following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli netted before half-time to put us in control, before Martin Odegaard added a third and the Brazilian completed his brace to ...

Copyright 2023 The Arsenal Football Club plc. All the best of the action can be seen in our bitesize highlights package above, while you can view an extended cut as well as the full match below. We fired in four goals to put Everton to the sword at Emirates Stadium and move five points clear at the top of the table, and you can see all the action in our highlights package.

The Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, was thrilled to see his side defeat Everton 4-0 to open up a five-point gap over Manchester City.

“Have that mentality of: ‘I’m going to do it on the pitch, I’m not going to wait for someone else to do it.” “You have to take that initiative,” he said. “You have to bring the home mentality to away games,” Dyche said. “We’re not going to stop that and we have to promote it. “It’s something we have to train, discuss and build,” he said. “I am really pleased with where the team are now.”

Arsenal roared five points clear at the top of the Premier League after a thumping 4-0 win against Everton at Emirates Stadium.

And then they hit top gear after the interval, playing some sublime football and added further goals through Martin Odegaard and Martinelli to take a firm grip on the title race. After a slow start to the game, Mikel Arteta's side burst into life just before the break with goals from Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli.