U-23s: Arsenal 4-0 Everton - How it happened

Everton U23 WHAT HAPPENED

An Eddie Nketiah hat-trick and a sublime Reiss Nelson goal saw us extend our unbeaten run to six games in all competitions and move to within a point of PL2 leaders Liverpool.

Having scored 15 goals in our previous four fixtures, we came into this match at Meadow Park full of confidence, and it did not take us long to break the deadlock.

With just 12 minutes gone, a corner was whipped in from the right and Nketiah reacted first, only to see his effort blocked by some desperate defending from the visitors.

But Xavier Amaechi showed real composure to pounce on the loose ball, and lay it back into the path of Joe Willock, whose shot deflected off Nketiah and bounced into…