Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta lavished praise on striker Gabriel Martinelli and defender Oleksandr Zinchenko after victory over Everton.

The Gunners were at their supreme best as they beat Everton 4-0 at home in the Premier League on Wednesday.

Arsenal continued their march to the title, as they established a five point gap in the table.

Post-game, Arteta praised Martinelli and attacker Bukayo Saka: “It's a credit to them because in the end, they have to do it themselves, but we try to help them with our way of playing by trying to get them in those positions as much as possible. They are so willing to learn, they are asking for more and more every single day, and they never have enough information, they want more. They want the space, they want the practice and at the end when you have that and you have the talent that they have and the ideas that they have, at the end good things will happen."

He added on Zinchenko: “That's why we brought him here, because he brings something different to the team. His mentality and his quality to do certain things allows us to be unpredictable and to generate a lot of threat every time we are in ball possession. He's played those kind of games against low blocks 200 times and that's very helpful."

He then finished on Martinelli's pairing with Leandro Trossard: “I think relationships are built in teams and that chemistry comes naturally, and when you see him play with Fabio more together, he has even more chemistry because they love each other so much, and they have that way of looking at each other and understanding what's going to have. He's also building that with Leandro and he's feeling a bit more freedom to move into certain areas, and now his confidence is high again. He's scoring goals, he's assisting goals and he's in a good mood."