Bukayo Saka bends another day to his will and Arsenal can now wonder

The young winger has six goals and three assists since the World Cup, most of them game-changing. He has moved into player of the year territory now.

Arsenal's Bukayo Saka celebrates the opener against Everton.

As Bukayo Saka sheep-crooked the ball away from Vitalii Mykolenko with his left foot, then pushed it on with his right, finding a clear, crisp square of green inside the Everton penalty area, Jordan Pickford crouched low in front of him, hands funnelled between his knees, sensing the danger close to the ground, the obvious target by his feet.

Saka took one quick step and changed the subject, going high instead, pinging the ball with a thrillingly pure contact towards the smallest available space, near post, top corner, and bullseye-ing the square of netting beyond Pickford’s belatedly raised left hand.