At home, Arsenal beat Tottenham 4-1 to continue to lead the Premier League. Eze was named the best player with a hat-trick against Spurs, in addition to a goal from Leandro Trossard.
Eze's hat-trick was only the fourth hat-trick in the history of this match (three of which were for Arsenal) and the first hat-trick since 1978
Alan Sunderland scored three goals at White Hart Lane in a 5-0 win in the First Division in December 1978, Another hat-trick Arsenal scored against Spurs was scored by Ted Drake in October 1934, in a 5-1 home win.
Eze's achievement makes him the first Arsenal player to score 3 goals in a North London derby in Premier League history. This achievement is even more meaningful because Eze has been a fan of Arsenal since childhood, practicing at the team's youth training system. This summer, Eze turned down Tottenham to move to Arsenal after leaving Crystal Palace.
"It's unbelievable. I look at the statistics and see when is the last time someone scored a hat-trick in a North London derby? Many, very, very many years ago. So, that shows the difficulty, but it is not a coincidence.
After the international mission, Eze had two days off, and he said, 'no, I want to train the next day, I want to train'. He asked me about his position, about his speed, about the game. When a player is talented, has intelligence, and has the will to be better and make an impact in the team, these things will happen, coach Mikel Arteta praised Eze.
With this victory, Arsenal increased the gap compared to Man City and Liverpool - the teams that lost in this round. However, Arteta has downplayed the importance of this, because according to him in the Premier League, being 6 points ahead of Man City after 12 rounds does not mean much.
Next week, Arsenal will have 2 important matches against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League and then the match against Chelsea in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, manager Thomas Frank apologized to Tottenham fans after the heavy defeat to Arsenal, but refused to blame his defensive system for the defeat. In this match, Tottenham only had an expected goalscoring index of 0.07 - the lowest among the Premier League teams this season.
Thomas Frank used 5 defenders in the starting lineup, taking on many attacking players such as Xavi Simons, Mathys Tel, Brennan Johnson, Lucas Bergvall and Randal Kolo Muani.
He said: "I think there are still many things to improve. It can be said that we are very disappointed and dissatisfied with today's performance. I don't want to avoid that.
What I want to say is that even if we play in a different system, we still need to attack stronger and play better in the challenges.
