Arsenal star Leandro Trossard bagged three assists in one half against Fulham – and broke a Premier League record in the process.
The Gunners were absolutely irresistible in the first half of their clash with Fulham.
Mikel Arteta saw his side coast into a 3-0 lead as Gabriel Magalhaes, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard all found the net.
Arsenal’s football was sensational, cutting through a very decent Fulham side at will.
The key to the first half battering was forward Trossard as he ran riot against the Fulham back line.
Trossard was expected to miss this game through injury but was surprisingly named in the Arsenal starting lineup.
The Belgian showed his fitness with a superb display and he has even gone into the Premier League record books.
Leandro Trossard enters Premier League record books in Arsenal display
Opta stats note that Trossard has now become the first player in Premier League history to notch a hat-trick of assists in the first half of an away game.
Roberto Firmino did record three assists in the first half of Liverpool’s 9-0 win over Bournemouth in August, but that was a home game for the Brazilian.
Fulham probably weren’t even expecting Trossard to play in this game but they were destroyed by him.
Trossard’s early corner was headed home by Gabriel Magalhaes before he dinked a cross in for Gabriel Martinelli to make it two.
Trossard ended the half in style, picking out an inch-perfect cross for Martin Odegaard to fire in number three.
What makes this even more incredible is that Trossard should have had four.
Trossard found Granit Xhaka to go through on goal, but the Swiss midfielder squandered the chance.
This performance is exactly why Arsenal bought Trossard in January and the move to sign him from Brighton and Hove Albion for £27million looks like a bargain now.
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