Arsenal completed a big win against West Ham and moved up into second spot to put the spotlight on Liverpool’s clash with Manchester City.
The Gunners scored all five before half-time after a more than frantic opening 45 minutes saw seven goals scored at the London Stadium.
Arsenal had the likes of Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz for once again getting among the goals.
Indeed, Saka put himself as the main man in Europe in terms of assists, becoming the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to hit ten assists.
And according to Gary Neville, Saka showed everyone just how good he can be at West Ham.
Bukayo Saka of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's fifth goal from a penalty kick during the Premier League match between West Ham United FC and ...
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Bukayo Saka praised by Gary Neville as Arsenal hammer West Ham
Speaking about Saka on Sky Sports and awarding the England man the player of the match, Neville lauded Saka’s performance as the ‘complete display’.
“Saka is an outstanding player and he is definitely tonight’s player of the match – precision with his set-piece delivery and he scored, a complete display,” Neville said.
Arsenal need Saka to stay fit for any title chance
We’ve already seen big players go down injured this season in the league. Rodri is a huge loss for Man City, while Martin Odegaard proved a massive miss for Arsenal as well.
With Bukayo Saka, you can put him right up there in the same conversation.
If he is injured and misses a period of time, then Arsenal will simply not be the same team and they’ll struggle to replace what he brings to the team.
Goals, assists, but more than that, he is a constant menace to defenders and creates space for others with his threat.
Mikel Arteta will be praying his squad can now stay fit after seemingly coming out of a bad run.
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