Jamie Carragher Makes Public Apology To Arsenal Star After North London Derby

Jamie Carragher has issued a public apology to one player after Arsenal thrashed Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 in the north London derby.

Leandro Trossard opened the scoring for Arsenal on 36 minutes, before Eberechi Eze netted a hat-trick either side of half-time.

Spurs' goal came through Richarlison, who lobbed goalkeeper David Raya from around 40 yards out to make it 3-1.

Such was Arsenal's dominance, however, that his effort was one of only two shots on target for Spurs throughout the match.

Mikel Arteta's side are now six points ahead of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League table after 12 matches played.

Analysing the match in the Sky Sports studio, Liverpool legend Carragher offered an apology over his summer assessment of Eze, who signed for the Gunners from Crystal Palace in August.

He said: "I must be honest. In the summer when Arsenal signed him, and I had my Liverpool hat on, and I looked at the signings Arsenal made... they signed Gyokeres. It felt like a lot of them were to strengthen the squad, really.

"Where Arsenal had problems the year before was when Saka was out, so they brought Madueke. Odegaard was out, so they got Eze. One of the centre-backs was missing, so they got a couple of centre-backs.

"It was only really Gyokeres who I felt was going to go in the team. And if I'm being honest, I think if Havertz was 100 per cent fit, Havertz would probably be the centre forward in this team.

"When Eze came in, I thought, 'Okay, maybe it's not a gamechanger'. We've seen some of his highlights this season, there's been a few great goals in there. And then he goes and scores a hat-trick.

"So, apologies. I certainly undervalued the importance that signing was, because he looks like he could make the real difference for Arsenal and go on and win the title."

Eze has now been involved in six goals in his 10 Premier League appearances for Arsenal, having scored the only goal in the Gunners' 1-0 win over former club Crystal Palace last month.

He has started each of Arsenal's last seven matches in the league, with his Spurs performance cementing the number 10 as one of Arteta's most important players at present.