Reyes fires up red-hot Gunners

Arsenal 5 Crystal Palace 1

However, just days after telling a radio hoaxer he was homesickness, the Spaniard provided the inspiration for what will be rather inevitably described as a Valentine’s Day massacre at Highbury.

Having set up Dennis Bergkamp for Arsenal’s first strike after an uncertain start, Reyes scored his own first league goal since October 2. No wonder that Arsene Wenger, who spent what may be a club record fee on the Spanish international, is so keen to keep him at Highbury despite his obvious homesickness.