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ISAAN KHAN: Eddie Nketiah isn't ready to slip back into the shadows at Arsenal after smashing in his first Premier League hat-trick

Super sub, back-up striker or Arsenal’s first-choice No 9? It is hard to know where Eddie Nketiah sits after he smashed in his first Premier League hat-trick.

But he is making a strong case to be the third of those options.

A flick through the history of Premier League title winners reveals some quality back-up strikers, from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Manchester United in the 1990s to Julian Alvarez last season at Manchester City.

Edin Dzeko fulfilled the role for Sergio Aguero at City, as did Gabriel Jesus, now of Arsenal.