Arsenal made it six Premier League wins in a row and moved into the top four of the table courtesy of a rampant 5-1 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday.
A clinical double from Alexandre Lacazette sandwiched Andre Schurrle’s reply for the hosts, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got a brace of his own as a second-half substitute.
Aaron Ramsey also contributed a goal-of-the-season contender as Fulham capitulated after the break, under the pressure of the most impressive Arsenal performance of Unai Emery’s reign to date.
Goalkeeper Bernd Leno, deputising was called into action three minutes into his first Premier League start, reacting quickly to push away a Luciano Vietto shot which had taken a wicked deflection off Rob Holding.
Slavisa Jokanovic switched to a back five in an attempt to shore up a defence which has yet to keep a Premier League clean sheet this season, but that opened up lots of space for Arsenal to exploit in behind right-back Cyrus Christie.
The hosts did not heed several warnings of Arsenal’s threat down the left, which was the source of their first goal. Alex Iwobi fed Nacho Monreal on the overlap and his cross was masterfully controlled by Lacazette, who swiveled and shot into the bottom corner.
Fulham continued to live dangerously and only a couple of last-ditch clearances from Maxime Le Marchand in his own six-yard box prevented them from going further behind, with the threat again emanating from their vuleranble right flank.