LONDON: Arsenal moved again to the highest of the Premier League with a dominant 3-0 win at Brentford, whilst Everton beat West Ham 1-0 to get their first victory of the season on Sunday. Accidents to captain Martin Odegaard and Oleksandr Zinchenko had stretched Arsenal’s squad to the level that 15-year-old Ethan Nwaneri got here off the bench past due to develop into the youngest participant in Premier League historical past.

Alternatively, the Gunners confirmed no signal of weak spot at a floor the place they have been overwhelmed 2-0 final season to transport again one level above Manchester Town and Tottenham on the most sensible of the desk. William Saliba and Gabriel Jesus headed in ahead of half-time and Fabio Vieira marked his first Premier League get started with a shocking strike after the destroy.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank mentioned he believes Arsenal might be identify contenders and so they performed love it to blow away the Bees within the first 45 mins. “We’ve a special mentality this season,” mentioned Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka. “We’re coaching like we play and feature magnificence with the avid gamers that may make a distinction.” The fit have been moved ahead two hours to lend a hand ease police pressures round Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and Britain’s longest serving monarch was once remembered in a minute’s silence ahead of kick-off.

As soon as the motion did get underway, it was once a technique visitors as Arsenal bounced again in taste from their sole defeat of the season away to Manchester United two weeks in the past. It took simply 17 mins for Mikel Arteta’s males to make the leap forward when Saliba flicked Bukayo Saka’s nook in off the a ways publish. Jesus extensively utilized his head to attain his fourth purpose in seven Premier League video games since becoming a member of from Manchester Town as he powered house an attractive supply from Xhaka.

‘Intestine feeling’ on Nwaneri

The absence of Odegaard additionally made room for Vieira and the Portuguese midfielder made his mark with a luxurious strike from outdoor the field to kill off any doubt over the end result 4 mins into the second one half of. A very easy day for Arsenal was once rounded off a minute from time when Arteta was once ready at hand Nwaneri his debut as simply 15 years and 181 days, breaking Harvey Elliott’s document because the youngest participant in Premier League historical past when he seemed for Fulham as a 16-year-old.

“It was once a natural intestine feeling,” mentioned Arteta on handing Nwaneri a debut. “The previous day he needed to come as a result of we have now accidents, particularly the damage of Martin after which I had that feeling from the previous day that if the chance may just come that I used to be going to do it.” On the different finish of the desk, West Ham will spend the impending global destroy within the backside 3 after Neal Maupay’s first Everton purpose gave the Toffees a much-needed win.

Frank Lampard’s males at the moment are unbeaten in 5 league video games however had simply 4 issues at the board ahead of kick-off from 4 consecutive attracts. An damage to Dominic Calvert-Lewin pressured Everton to hunt extra firepower within the ultimate weeks of the switch window and Maupay delivered on simply his 2nd look since a transfer from Brighton. The Frenchman spun onto Alex Iwobi’s go and fired in from the brink of the world to boost Everton as much as thirteenth within the desk. West Ham slip to 18th with only one win from their opening seven league video games.

Spurs hit six

In the meantime, Son Heung-min mentioned he by no means doubted he would finish his purpose drought because the South Korea big name replied to being dropped by way of hitting an improbable 13-minute hat-trick in Tottenham’s 6-2 rout of Leicester on Saturday. Son got here off the bench to attain Tottenham’s final 3 targets, together with a couple of good long-range finishes, in an emphatic victory that lifted them into 2nd position within the Premier League.

It was once the perfect reaction from Son after he have been axed for failing to attain in his earlier 8 appearances. Simply days after Tottenham boss Antonio Conte had warned that no participant was once undroppable, Dejan Kulusevski got here in for Son, who completed because the Premier League’s joint most sensible scorer final season. Explaining Son’s omission, Conte mentioned: “We had to get started making rotations as a result of enjoying all of the similar avid gamers in all of the video games isn’t excellent.”

The 30-year-old’s treble confirmed he received’t sulk when Conte desires to take him out of the firing line. “My completing has been deficient this season. I’ve additionally been slightly bit unfortunate,” Son mentioned. “I used to be actually upset, however I knew the purpose was once coming and I wasn’t fearful about it. I used to be running laborious and at all times need to lend a hand the group. “I’m at all times having nice supporters in the back of me and nice body of workers. This makes me at all times imagine and make me sturdy in those tricky moments. I’m getting emotional to be truthful, with the superb beef up.”

It was once the easiest night for Tottenham, who bounced again after dropping for the primary time in 8 video games this season on Tuesday when Wearing Lisbon scored two times in stoppage-time to seal a 2-0 win within the Champions League. Tottenham’s 5th win from seven league video games moved them above Arsenal and stage on issues with leaders Manchester Town. Backside of the desk Leicester’s 6th successive defeat will pile force on boss Brendan Rodgers.

“It’s been a actually tricky get started. It’s my accountability. No matter occurs to me at Leicester, whether or not I keep and battle on, I’ll at all times admire them,” Rodgers mentioned. Beleaguered Leicester had taken the lad when Davinson Sanchez conceded a spot-kick with a useless lunge on James Justin. Hugo Lloris stored Youri Tielemans’ penalty, however VAR confirmed the Tottenham keeper had stepped off his line ahead of the kick, giving the Belgian midfielder a retake that he gratefully transformed.

Elegant Son

Since spending a disappointing mortgage spell at Leicester early in his occupation, Harry Kane had tormented the Foxes with 19 targets in opposition to them ahead of this newest assembly. Kane took that tally to twenty because the England captain escaped Timothy Castagne’s slack marking to fulfill Kulusevski’s go with a medical a ways publish header within the 8th minute. Leicester’s weak spot in aerial duels was once uncovered once more within the twenty first minute when Eric Dier ran throughout his marker to attain with a wonderful glancing header from Ivan Perisic’s nook. – AFP