Arsenal Cruise to North London Derby Win and City Squeeze Past Newcastle As Title Race Heats Up

Football Social Daily · Feb 23, 2026 · 37m

Sunday was meant to be a potential banana skin for Arsenal as they went to North London rivals Spurs, led by new manager Igor Tudor, for a North London Derby with important implications.

As it turned out, it was Eberechi Eze who was the star of the show for Arsenal, scoring his fourth and fifth goals for the Gunners against Spurs this season in a 4-1 win, with Victor Gyokeres also helping himself to a brace.

Elsewhere, Manchester City beat Newcastle for the third time in four attempts this season, thanks to a Nico O'Reilly double and Nottingham Forest were unlucky to lose in the dying stages…