Arsenal have written a new page of English football history thanks to their 5-1 destruction of London rivals Crystal Palace in Saturday’s Premier League derby.
The Gunners had already got one over Oliver Glasner’s men in the EFL Cup quarter-finals in midweek, advancing to the final four courtesy of a Gabriel Jesus-inspired 3-2 victory.
After the resurgent Brazilian struck a hat-trick in midweek, he picked up exactly where he left off, drawing first blood in the sixth minute before Ismaila Sarr’s quickfire leveller.
Sarr’s fine strike would not be the start of a Palace revival, though, as Jesus almost immediately restored Arsenal’s lead before Kai Havertz gave the visitors a comfortable cushion.
Jesus then should have notched his second hat-trick in four days, but Gabriel Martinelli was on hand to finish after the Brazilian fluffed his lines, before Declan Rice made it a five-star display from the Gunners.
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