This followed the first EPL match victory Arsenal recorded against Manchester City since 2015 on Sunday.
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Everton, still without a win this season, had managed to frustrate the visitors who had a Gabriel Martinelli goal ruled out for offside via VAR in the first period.
Balogun has just enjoyed the best season of his career, contributing 21 goals and three assists from 37 appearances in Ligue 1 during a loan spell at Reims.
The Arsenal and England wide man currently has a contract which runs until 2024, and it is believed that the club have made it their top priority to ensure his future lies firmly with the Gunners.
Mikel Arteta was absent at the New Year Day game as he was isolating due to his second confirmed case of coronavirus
It was clearly an injury problem, with the winger sitting down on the turf twice and holding his leg a couple of times before the substitution.
The news comes 48 hours after a fellow teenager, Bukayo Saka, 18, also agreed a new long-term deal with the Gunners.