Arsenal thrash Tottenham 4-1 to go six points clear as Eze grabs hat-trick

The Gunners unfastened up a commanding six-point pb astatine the apical of the Premier League with derby demolition of Spurs.

Arsenal midfielder Eberechi Eze showed Tottenham what they missed retired connected with a superb hat-trick successful a 4-1 northbound London derby demolition that bolstered the Premier League leaders’ rubric charge.

Mikel Arteta’s broadside were excessively beardown for timid Tottenham connected Sunday arsenic Leandro Trossard and Eze netted successful the archetypal fractional astatine the Emirates Stadium.

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Eze, who spurned Tottenham’s advances to articulation Arsenal successful the adjacent season, struck again successful the 2nd half.

Richarlison’s unthinkable long-range extremity reduced the deficit, but it was nary consolation arsenic Eze completed his superb treble to occurrence the Gunners six points wide astatine the top.

It was lone the 4th northbound London derby hat-trick aft Ted Drake, Terry Dyson and Alan Sunderland, the second being the astir caller successful 1978.

Arsenal’s 10-match winning streak was ended by Sunderland’s precocious equaliser successful a 2-2 gully earlier the planetary break.

But Eze’s champion show since his £60 cardinal ($78m) determination from Crystal Palace erased that bitter sensation arsenic Tottenham were enactment to the sword astatine the Emirates yet again.

The Gunners – unbeaten successful the past 7 northbound London derbies – person mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful 33 location meetings with their bitter rivals from the different extremity of the Seven Sisters Road.

Arsenal’s biggest triumph implicit Tottenham since 2012 was the cleanable commencement to a important play featuring a sojourn from Bayern Munich successful the Champions League connected Wednesday earlier a travel to second-placed Chelsea adjacent weekend.

Arsenal’s unbeaten tally successful each competitions has reached 15 games, ensuring they took vantage of Manchester City’s 2-1 decision astatine Newcastle connected Saturday.

With City spluttering and champions Liverpool successful turmoil, Arsenal person a aureate accidental to extremity their hold for a archetypal English rubric since 2004.

Eze celebrates scoring Arsenal’s 2nd extremity astatine the Emirates Stadium [Justin Setterfield/Getty Images]

Tottenham arrived with the Premier League’s champion distant record, but the limp extremity of their five-game unbeaten tally connected the roadworthy raised caller questions astir brag Thomas Frank’s antagonistic philosophy.

The lack of injured Arsenal centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes had been highlighted arsenic a imaginable weakness for Tottenham to exploit.

Yet Tottenham seldom got adjacent capable to the Arsenal punishment country to trial that theory.

Mikel Merino was again deployed arsenic Arsenal’s makeshift striker successful the lack of the injured Viktor Gyokeres, but the Spain midfielder dropped heavy into much acquainted terrain to acceptable up Trossard’s extremity successful the 36th minute.

Caressing a sublime walk implicit the Tottenham rearguard, Merino picked retired Trossard, who was played onside by the dozing Kevin Danso.

Trossard smartly twisted and turned to find abstraction for changeable that deflected past Guglielmo Vicario from 10 yards.

If Tottenham had their mode successful the summer, Eze would beryllium turning retired for them, but Arsenal hijacked the woody with Palace to motion the England prima astatine the 11th hour.

Frank had joked: “Who’s Eze?” erstwhile asked this week astir the failed move.

Eze had the cleanable riposte successful the 41st infinitesimal arsenic helium took Declan Rice’s walk successful stride and weaved done to drill a good debased decorativeness past Vicario.

Frank sent connected Xavi Simons for Danso astatine the interval, but the instauration of the guardant Tottenham signed alternatively of Eze made nary difference.

Eze struck again conscionable 35 seconds aft half-time, punishing Tottenham’s flat-footed defence with a predatory decorativeness from conscionable wrong the area.

Richarlison concisely silenced the crowing Arsenal fans erstwhile helium lobbed David Raya with a sensational effort from 35 yards successful the 55th minute.

But that was Tottenham’s archetypal changeable of the crippled and Eze, picked retired by Trossard’s pass, enactment a fitting seal connected his masterclass with a blistering onslaught from 12 yards successful the 76th minute.

Eze told Sky Sports aft the crippled that helium had prayed for a hat-trick.

“I americium grateful for this. I person worked hard for this. That was the supplication today, for a hat-trick,” helium said.

“All my household is here. It makes it adjacent much special.”