The wait goes on for David Moyes. The 63-year-old Scot must have been hoping that on his 14th visit to this stadium as Everton’s manager, his luck would change. Yet from the moment Ezri Konsa slammed home his first goal for Arsenal as the Premier League champions rediscovered their knack of scoring from set pieces, the writing was on the wall.

While it took until midway through the second half for Gabriel Magalhães to make sure of the victory, Arsenal were never going to let slip the chance of moving level on points at the top with Manchester City after their defeat by Aston Villa earlier in the day.