Arsenal 2-0 Everton: Konsa and Gabriel sink David Moyes' side at the Emirates

Everton slipped to a second successive Premier League defeat as goals from Ezri Konsa and Gabriel Magalhães gave Arsenal a comfortable 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium. Read Everton reports it was a second successive top-flight loss for the Toffees (Read Everton), who drop to 9th in the table after the result, with Arsenal moving level on points at the top of the standings.

The hosts made the perfect start, with Ezri Konsa stabbing home from close range inside seven minutes after Arsenal won a corner, with Viktor Gyökeres credited with the assist. Everton battled to stay in the game but found themselves further behind midway through the second half when Gabriel Magalhães headed in from a Ben White cross in the 68th minute, a goal that stood after a VAR review.

David Moyes' side struggled to create much in response, managing just eight shots and three on target across the ninety minutes compared to Arsenal's twenty attempts. The Guardian notes it continues a difficult run at this particular stadium for Moyes (The Guardian), while Royal Blue Mersey points out Everton arrived at the Emirates having won just once in their previous thirty meetings with Arsenal (Royal Blue Mersey).

It was a bruising afternoon for Everton in terms of discipline, with Vitaliy Mykolenko, James Garner and James Tarkowski all shown yellow cards. Liverpool Echo reports that Everton were already up against it before kick-off, with Jarrad Branthwaite and Jack Grealish both ruled out of the trip to north London (Liverpool Echo).

Jordan Pickford was the standout performer in royal blue, pulling off several important saves to keep the scoreline from getting away from his side. Read Everton's player ratings single him out as Everton's best player on the day (Read Everton), while Liverpool Echo's ratings were considerably less complimentary about Mykolenko's afternoon at left-back, labelling it a nightmare display (Liverpool Echo).

Arsenal dominated possession with 58 per cent of the ball and completed far more passes than their visitors, underlining their control for long periods. Everton did have joy in the tackle, making more challenges and interceptions, but could not turn that defensive effort into clear chances at the other end.

The defeat leaves Everton with a Premier League form line of DWDLL across their last five matches, having now lost back-to-back league fixtures following the home reverse to Chelsea. Attention will now turn to how Moyes' side respond as they look to arrest the slide and move back up the table.

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