Arsenal vs Sheffield United LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Gunners hit five vs Blades
Arsenal 5-0 Sheffield United: The Gunners close the gap on league leaders Tottenham with blistering display at the Emirates
Arsenal took a big step forwards in the race for the Premier League title as they hammered Sheffield United at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Mikel Arteta will be over the moon with his team’s display as Eddie Nketiah proved his worth as the main forward once more by scoring a hat-trick to secure the points before Fabio Vieira and Takehiro Tomiyasu put the icing of the cake for the Gunners with goals from the bench.
Nketiah completed his first Premier League hat-trick to extend Arsenal’s unbeaten start to the season, scoring his first with a deft touch and finish, before thumping his second effort into the roof of the net.
A superb strike from 25 yards secured the hat-trick before Vieira netted a late penalty and Tomiyasu got on the end of a flick from Mohamed Elneny.
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Norwood also goes into the referee's book for the tackle.
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PENALTY TO ARSENAL! The referee is being asked to go over to the monitor. It was a poor challenge from Norwood, who slid in to catch the substitute on his heel with his studs. After a long look, the referee comes back on to point to the spot.
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Baldock gave the ball away and Norwood slid in to bring Vieira down right on the line. The home fans are asking for a penalty, but play is allowed to continue. VAR is having a look at this though...
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The final roll of the dice by Heckingbottom sees One come on for Hamer.
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United are back to dropping deep inside their own half here and aren't closing Arsenal down as quickly as they were before. The Gunners are still very comfortable in possession.
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It's a lovely throughball from Trossard to pick out Nketiah's run off the back of the defender. Trusty reads it well and gets across to put a toe in to take it away from him just in time.
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Nketiah has scored his first Premier League hat-trick, and is the first Englishman to do so in the competition for Arsenal since Theo Walcott against West Brom in May 2015.
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CHANCE! Trossard gets the better of Baldock, but his cross is headed away by Robinson. It bounces kindly for Tomiyasu on the edge of the box, but he fizzes his low shot wide.
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Arsenal are keeping the ball well here as they patiently try to draw United out once more. They're moving it from left to right and back again, dragging their opponents across the field.
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