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Harry Kane departed a record-breaker, Tottenham left with all three points - but Arsenal were the real winners on Sunday night.

Somehow the Gunners head into the week with their position over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League strengthened.

That seemed an unlikely scenario on Saturday afternoon as Mikel Arteta’s league leaders were given a going over by relegation-threatened Everton.

But fast forward a day and Arsenal have avoided any significant damage to their title challenge owing to City’s failure to capitalise on their Mersey defeat.