Arsenal moved back to within six points of the Premier League summit with a 5-1 rout of Manchester City, helped by Myles Lewis-Skelly’s first senior goal.
Lewis-Skelly, who was sent off in last week’s victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers but saw his suspension rescinded on appeal, curled home just after the hour, to become the youngest player to score in the Premier League against the reigning champions since Wayne Rooney for Everton against Arsenal in March 2003 (17y 150d).
Arsenal first went ahead after 103 seconds, Martin Odegaard sweeping into an open net after a mix-up involving John Stones and Manuel Akanji.
Erling Haaland equalised early in the second half with a fine header, but Arsenal retook the lead one minute later through Thomas Partey’s deflected strike. Lewis-Skelly brilliantly gave them breathing space and Kai Havertz added a breakaway fourth before, deep in stoppage time, Ethan Nwaneri bent in spectacularly to add further gloss.
Arsenal are now nine points clear of fourth-placed City, who could be overtaken by Chelsea should they beat West Ham United on Monday.
