Eberechi Eze was Tottenham Hotspur's tormentor again as Arsenal made a title statement of intent by restoring their lead at the top of the Premier League table to five points with victory in the north London derby.
The pressure was on Arsenal after they lost a two-goal lead at relegation certainties Wolverhampton Wanderers in midweek, while Manchester City closed the gap with victory over Newcastle United on Saturday evening.
Spurs had high hopes of turning up the heat further in interim manager Igor Tudor's first game in charge, but Arsenal simply possessed too much class and threat for their struggling arch-rivals.
And Eze, who scored a hat-trick in Arsenal's 4-1 derby win in November, was The Gunners' spearhead again with goals either side of the interval.
Eze, who was on the point of joining Spurs when Arsenal clinched a £60m deal with Crystal Palace in August, put Arsenal in front from close-range after 32 minutes.
Randal Kolo Muani produced a fine solo effort for Spurs' equaliser two minutes later, only for the much-maligned Viktor Gyokores to restore Arsenal's advantage with a clinical 20-yard finish with his right foot just after half-time.
Unlike at Wolves, where Arsenal sat on their lead with catastrophic results, Mikel Arteta's pace-setters continued to press, adding the third after 61 minutes when Eze picked up a loose ball in the area to sweep a finish past Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario.
Spurs had no answer as Arsenal remained in control, Gyokores outmuscling Archie Gray to score his second in the closing moments of stoppage time to seal an emphatic win.
Line-ups
Tottenham XI: Palhinha, Vicario, Bissouma, Muani, Gallagher, Spence, Pape Sarr, Van de Ven, Dragusin, Xavi Simons, Gray
Subs: Solanke, Richarlison, Austin, Tel, Callum Olusesi, James Wilson, Souza, James Rowswell, Lucá Williams-Barnett
Arsenal XI: Trossard, David Raya, Rice, Viktor Gyökeres, Gabriel, Eberechi Eze, Martín Zubimendi, Saliba, Saka, Timber, Hincapie
Subs: Christian Nørgaard, Kepa, Ødegaard, Jesus, Martinelli, Madueke, Calafiori, Cristhian Mosquera, Lewis-Skelly
Ayjazz1997
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No would pass without likes to Gyokeres ❣️❣️❣️❣️ 1000likes ❣️ ❣️
lyfgreenya
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1000 likes for our special jem he is a very gud player
lyfgreenya
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1000 likes for this guy he is a true solid
lyfgreenya
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1000 likes for the best duo in the world
lyfgreenya
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the era has surely began 1000 likes this machine
dougiefresh
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That's now 15 goals for Gyökeres, 11 in the EPL. SHOW HIM SOME L❤️VE
IamAman
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the most satisfying win of the season, come on Arsenal 🏆
VinUnited
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A like for this Star ✨
Yesu9
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Add Arsenal on the list of the title race, they are serious now🙄🙄😳
Beickham
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The GIF is already here, my pleasure: https://www.matchgif.com/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=54154565&language=en
layackmpu
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the boys today played freely and confident, that's why they got the win🤙🤙🤙,play Eze in that role play with confidence like today next is Chealse we need such type of performance and results to mark the right color of London!!Saka was the problem today, Saka please it's a team play , give the ball to others, Victor is always in the box,no cross,Eze was on the edge of the box,no through ball, hope next time u gonna be the prime Saka we know!!!!Now I see the problem why Arsenal keep conceding late goals, again almost in this game, players use to relax a lot, give opposition and always want to park the bus,but Arteta u need to keep a close eye on ur players,u can tell Rice,Saka& Haincape in the 75 minutes were struggling, especially Rice but u pretend to ignore it ,I expected Norgaard,Richy and Madueke to come in ,in the 80 minutes but u played Rice 90 minutes 🫣😭🫣😭🫣, Hope Saka injury is not serious, Glad that u noticed timber today and reacted in a good manner!!!Give Victor the ball,he shows u how we do it!!!! serious question to Arteta ,,,was it hard to do it against Brentford & Wolves???????????🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵
peaceofmind
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sorry haters
rozbdeopt
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Arsenal win 4 - 1 reason...to win the title
Everblessed10
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The gunners made a big statement today to remind city this won’t be a walk in the park season. I guess that team bonding dinner didn’t help Spurs 🤣🤣
hatadeirty
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clap hands for eze and gyokeres
homdilpstz
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And we are ten games away
Zobaceirs
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The score line be like EZE- GYOKERËS, EZE-GYOKERËS. WOW ❤️❤️❤️❤️
lyfgreenya
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the best duo in London deby
lyfgreenya
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Tottenham truly know who's Eze
young_boss
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Funniest part is that, they will come online and be ranting Arsenal to lose...but they will bet Arsenal to win.. Bunch of confuse people😂😂
AlwaysSoccer
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Who else here laughing cause they know Arsenal will still bottle the league...