Arsenal Fixtures: Odegaard hails Eze and Gyokeres after 4-1 derby win at Tottenham
Arsenal Fixtures are under fresh focus after Martin Odegaard praised Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres following a 4-1 derby win at Tottenham, with both players in strong form ahead of the club’s next London fixture against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium.
Derby day delivered: 4-1 at Tottenham and two-goal displays
Arsenal beat Tottenham 4-1 in the North London rivalry, with Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres each striking twice in the victory. Eze’s two goals added to an already remarkable record against Tottenham, and Gyokeres’s brace continued a run of goals that Odegaard singled out as boosting the striker’s confidence on the pitch.
Arsenal Fixtures: Eze’s derby history and summer transfer backstory
Eze has become a particular thorn for Spurs. He scored a hat-trick in his first North London derby and followed that with a brace in his second appearance against Tottenham. The midfielder has six Premier League goals for Arsenal this season, and all six have come in games against London-based sides. His switch to Arsenal came after a summer 2025 transfer from Crystal Palace; Spurs had a deal agreed with Palace but Eze made a last-minute phone call to Mikel Arteta and Arsenal completed the signing instead.
Odegaard’s programme notes: praise for Ebs and Vik
In his matchday programme, Odegaard celebrated Eze’s impact: “What a day it was for Ebs! His stats against them are just crazy now. To get a hat-trick in his first North London derby and then two more last weekend is just unbelievable, and I know he scored a couple against them last season too. But even not including the goals, I thought his overall performance was great. He played really well and really deserved those goals. We were all so happy for him. ”
Odegaard also wrote about Gyokeres: “Vik as well scored two more goals and in fairness he has been playing that way for a while now. As a striker I know he loves to get the goals, and that gives him even more confidence and a different feeling on the pitch, but I think he’s been great the whole time. You can really see that now with the goals coming more and more often, but also what he gives us on the pitch apart from the goals is massive. He’s doing really well and again we’re all happy for him. ”
Odegaard added a historical note in his programme notes, writing that he had heard it was 70 years since the club last won four games in a row away to Tottenham, framing the derby run as notable for the group.
What this means for the Chelsea match at the Emirates
With Eze’s recent form and Gyokeres’s scoring run, Eze is expected to keep his place in the side for the forthcoming London derby with Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal will look to carry the momentum from the Spurs win into that match, and Odegaard’s praise suggests both players are central to the manager’s plans for the next fixture.
The immediate next event on the schedule is the London derby against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium; Arsenal’s selection and tactics for that game will follow the momentum from the 4-1 victory at Tottenham and the performances Odegaard highlighted in his matchday notes.
