So much for Arsenal missing Gabriel Jesus. With the captain’s armband round his bicep and a first Premier League hat-trick of his career, this was a spectacular manner for Eddie Nketiah to banish any thoughts of the absent Brazilian.

“I’m here,” said Nketiah, while jabbing his finger at the Emirates turf after his thunderbolt third goal. He has been a fixture of this part of north London for some time and is clearly not prepared to relinquish control yet.

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