Arsenal 5-1 Sunderland: Nketiah Nets Hatrick To Help Arsenal Advance

 

Arsenal fans were  in jubilation mode on  Tuesday night when their side dumped Sunderland out of the League Cup with a 5-1 victory against the League One side.

Mikel Arteta and the adoring home crowd would have been pleased with a number of individual and collective performances on the night, but nothing came close to the performance Eddie Nketiah put on for all to enjoy.

 

In a rare start for the London club, the 22-year-old striker struck after just 17 minutes when he latched on to a rebound to knee the ball over the line from close-range and give Arsenal the lead.

 

After a second from Nicolas Pepe and then a delightful finish from Sunderland’s Nathan Broadhead before the break, Nketiah then kicked off the second half as he began the first with another goal.

 

This time, it came directly from a cross on the left flank, which Nketiah expertly tapped home with the deftest touch of his right boot as he ran across the face of the goal. Less than nine minutes later, the young striker had bagged his hat-trick when he capped off some exceptional skill from Pepe to back-heel the ball into the back of the net.