Arsenal thrash poor Everton
Arsene Wenger saw his side win comfortably at Goodison Park
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Saturday, 29, Dec 2007 09:04
Arsenal climbed back to the top of the Premier League after a thumping 4-1 win against Everton at Goodison Park.
In a competitive game both sides were reduced to ten men as Nicklas Bendtner was sent-off for Arsenal and Mikel Arteta for Everton.
But thanks to their free-flowing football, the Gunners easily cut open the home side and scored through Eduardo Da Silva, who grabbed a brace, Emmanuel Adebayor, and Thomas Rosicky.
A trip to Everton was expected to be a difficult game for Arsenal and they got off to a terrible start as the home side took the lead after just 19 minutes. The Gunners failed to clear a corner into their box and the ball fell to Tim Cahill who scored.
Everton enjoyed a lot of possession in the first half but they failed to add to their lead and were made to pay in the second as the visitors came out firing.
Arsenal were back on level terms only 90 seconds into the half as Eduardo capitalised on slack defending from Everton and raced through to score his first league goal.
The Croatian striker then scored a brilliant individual goal to give his side the lead. He slipped the ball to one side of Phil Jagielka before picking it up on the other side and then slipping the ball past Tim Howard.
Everton's chances of getting back into the game were given a massive boost when Bendtner was dismissed for a second bookable offence.
But they threw the game away moments later when Joseph Yobo and Howard left it to each other to clear the ball in their box, Adebayor took advantage to secure the points for the Gunners.
Arteta saw red after he clashed with Spanish international team-mate Cesc Fabregas and then Rosicky scored late-on to cap off an excellent Arsenal performance.