23 Oct 2017

Spurs and Gunners produce big wins in EPL

9:02 am on 23 October 2017

Tottenham Hotspur have brutally exposed Liverpool's defensive frailties as Harry Kane plundered two more goals in his side's 4-1 win at Wembley Stadium.

International football friendly match, England versus Turkey. Harry Kane controls the ball on the left wing.

Harry Kane. Photo: All Rights Reserved

In front of 80,000 fans, the biggest ever Premier League attendance, Kane took his league tally to eight for the season with his side's first and fourth goals.

Son Heung-min and Dele Alli were also on target for an impressive Spurs side, who led 3-1 at the break after a breathless first half, while Mohamed Salah's reply had briefly given Jurgen Klopp's side hope.

Tottenham's fourth consecutive victory, and first in the Premier League against Liverpool for five years, put them level on 20 points with second-placed Manchester United and five behind rampant leaders Manchester City.

Liverpool dropped to ninth place on 13 points.

Meanwhile Everton have dropped into the bottom three of the EPL after Arsenal came from a goal down to earn an emphatic 5-2 victory.

It all started so well for the hosts as Wayne Rooney curled a stunning 12th-minute opener into the net to give his side the lead -- the strike coming almost 15 years to the day since a 16-year-old Rooney announced himself to the world with a remarkably similar goal against the same opposition.

Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal

Alexis Sanchez. Photo: Getty

Despite trailing, Arsenal dominated from then on, mustering 17 shots on goal in the first half alone, one of which was Nacho Monreal's equaliser from close range five minutes before the break.

Arsenal continued on the front foot after the interval, and took the lead in the 53rd minute via the head of Mesut Ozil.

Idrissa Gueye was dismissed 15 minutes later after collecting a second yellow card, before a goal from Alexandre Lacazette in the 74th minute and late strikes from Aaron Ramsey and Alexis Sanchez, coming either side of an Oumar Niasse consolation, capped a victory that moves Arsenal up to fifth but piles the pressure on under-fire Everton boss Ronald Koeman.

-Reuters