Eberechi Eze didn’t just show up for the North London derby; he owned it. The Arsenal midfielder produced a performance that felt like something fans will still talk about in ten or twenty years, leading the Gunners to a fiery 4–1 win over Tottenham at the Emirates.
Softfootball expected the game to be very cagey and even predicted a 2-1 victory in favour of Arsenal, but many would not have expected the defeat to be this resounding.
Eze’s hat-trick, his very first in the rivalry, made him the first Arsenal player in history to do it. The result pushed Arsenal six points clear at the top of the Premier League and handed Spurs their first away loss of the season.
Sports expert Fabrizio Romano singled out the Englishman for praise in a post made via his official X account.
He posted:
Arsenal started the game with a kind of confidence that set the tone early. Leandro Trossard opened the scoring in the 36th minute after Mikel Merino threaded a clever pass into his path.
It felt deserved. And then came the moment that changed the atmosphere entirely: Eze pounced on a Declan Rice assist five minutes later, drilling a low shot past Guglielmo Vicario.
It wasn’t just a goal; it was symbolic. Eze had almost become a Tottenham player in the summer before choosing Arsenal instead, and here he was punishing the team he nearly joined.
Tottenham barely had time to regroup before the second half turned into another nightmare. Within a minute of the restart, Eze struck again. Jurrien Timber found Eze in a delicious position, and he calmly tucked it away for 3–0.
It looked like Spurs were sinking fast until Richarlison suddenly produced a moment of pure brilliance, a looping 40-yard strike catching David Raya off his line in the 56th minute. It briefly gave Tottenham something to cling to.
But Arsenal kept coming. And when Eze completed his hat-trick in the 76th minute, tapping in from a Trossard pass, the contest was effectively done. The Emirates roared, and Spurs could only watch.
This latest display means Eze now has six goals in his last four games against Tottenham, and at this point his psychological edge in the derby is becoming hard to ignore.
His mixture of elegance, confidence, and cold finishing has already earned him praise from every corner of the football world, and some Arsenal fans are already calling him the new king of North London.
