Get Saka to sign that contract NOW! Winners & losers as Arsenal's main man sparks rout of Everton

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. At 21, you can just about call Saka that now. 

Yet again, Arsenal’s young winger stepped up when his team needed him the most. With 40 minutes gone, the game was meandering towards half-time without either team threatening to break the deadlock. 

Then, with one sharp turn and one thunderous right-foot finish, Saka turned the game on its head and gave Arsenal the breakthrough they desperately needed. 

It was a wonderful goal from a wonderful player, who then played a key role in the second when he robbed Idrissa Gueye of possession, allowing Martinelli to race away and score. 

It was a five-minute spell that summed up perfectly what Saka is about: hunger, determination and exceptional quality. 

That new contract can’t come soon enough.

What the Everton midfielder was thinking when he lost the ball in the build up to Arsenal’s second goal only he will know. 

But it was proper amateur hour defending from such an experienced player and it left his side with a mountain to climb in the second half. 

Had the visitors gone into the second half only one goal behind they might have had a chance after the interval. But two goals down always looked like an insurmountable deficit to overturn, and so it proved.

Arsenal lacked any sort of quality or creativity in the opening 40 minutes, but then a moment of class from Zinchenko opened things up in the blink of an eye. 

The fact that Arsenal’s left-back, frustrated by what he was seeing in front of him, took it upon himself to drift into the right sided No.8 position tells you all you need to know about the freedom he is afforded by Arteta. 

It was his overload in midfield that caused Everton problems and the pass he produced to open up the defence and find Saka was pure quality. 

After such a promising start to his Arsenal career, Jorginho had a real off night here. He really struggled in the first half and was replaced at half-time by Thomas Partey. 

For a player who is so comfortable in possession, the Italy international could barely put a pass together and you could see how frustrated he was in himself at times. 

The good thing for Arsenal is that they had a player like Partey on the bench to came on and makae a huge difference after the interval.

The Brazilian’s brace took his Premier League goal tally this season to 11. It’s the first time he’s ever hit double figures in a league season since he made his move to north London. 

His strike just before half-time also saw him score in three successive league games in a single season for the first time with the Gunners. 

The fact Martinelli has done this after losing his place in the starting XI ahead of the recent trip to Aston Villa makes it all the more impressive. 

The 21-year-old could have let his head drop a bit, but instead he’s stepped up at a crucial time for his side. 

It’s the exact response Mikel Arteta would have been hoping for.

Most of the 3,000 fans who had made the long trip down to north London had left the ground way before the full-time whistle had blown and that was no surprise given the football their team produced. 

If that’s what they are going to have to watch between now and the end of the season, then you really do feel sorry for them, even if they do manage to stay up.