Premier League: Arsenal vs Everton 4-0 Report

Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after beating Everton by four goals at a convincing Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal restored their five-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win over Everton at the Emirates Stadium.

Looking for revenge against the Toffees after last month’s defeat at Goodison Park, the Gunners broke open after a frustrating opening 40 minutes with Gabriel Martinelli scoring twice and goals from Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka.

The Emirates faithful were perhaps braced for a first-half letdown, with the first innings largely following the script all the way through. Sean Dyche’s men sat back and held off the Gunners with relative ease.

The Toffees would pose little threat at half-time as public enemy No. 1 Neal Maupay was often put into good positions and Gabriel Magalhaes had to make a crucial interception to deny the Frenchman a 29th-minute opener.

A brief lapse in concentration for Everton just before half-time would prove fatal, however, as in the 40th minute Oleksandr Zinchenko provided Saka inside the penalty area and the 21-year-old latched onto the ball superbly in midfield before to send Jordan home. . Pickford on the roof of the net.

Just minutes after scoring his 50th Premier League goal – becoming the sixth-youngest player in history to do so – Saka was involved in the second, robbing Idrissa Gueye, inactive, and sending Martinelli on his way to the post. nearly.

An offside flag was initially raised against the Brazilian, but a VAR review saved the Gunners and the goal was allowed to give Mikel Arteta’s men a breather.

Galvanized by a surge later in the first half, Arsenal almost doubled their lead through Leandro Trossard in the 57th minute, but the Belgian’s volley bounced harmlessly into the ground.

The visitors’ futile attempts to get back into the game were comfortably brushed aside by Arsenal, who put the icing on the cake in the 71st minute when Trossard went down the left and his cut-back found Odegaard, whose first-time effort been diverted wide. . Vitaly Mykolenko headed towards the goal.

However, with last month’s Goodison Park still fresh in their minds, Arsenal were on the warpath and Martinelli scored twice in the 80th minute. He finished through the legs of Pickford from close range after Eddie Nketiah had been cut down in left field.

Now on 60 points from 25 games in the 2022-23 campaign, Arsenal now prepare to host Bournemouth on Saturday, while Everton – who still have 18 – face Nottingham Forest the following Sunday.

Lineups:

Arsenal:

Ramsdale, White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko, Odegaard, Jorginho, Xhaka, Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Substitutes: Turner, Tierney, Partey, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Kiwior, Holding, Tomiyasu, Vieira

Everton: 

Pickford, Coleman, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Gueye, Iwobi, Doucoure, Onana, McNeil, Maupay

Substitutes: Begovic, Holgate, Gray, Mina, Godfrey, Davies, Vinagre, Coady, Simms

Scorers:

Bookings:

Man of the Match: Bukayo Saka