The Bottom Line

Men: Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 through both centre-backs, Konsa's first goal for the club and Gabriel's header on his 200th Premier League appearance, and are level on points with Manchester City. Saka is feared to be out for six to eight weeks with a quad injury. Calafiori picked up a slight issue late on.

Women: Arsenal won the north London derby 2-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Stanway equalising and Russo converting a contested penalty for a first WSL win since the opening day.

Academy: The Under-18s won 3-1 at Aston Villa for a sixth straight win, while the Under-21s lost 4-1 at Leicester and are still without a league win.

Men

Arsenal beat Everton 2-0 to go level with Manchester City

Konsa prodded in his first Arsenal goal after a seventh-minute corner and Gabriel headed in Ben White's cross on 68 minutes at a rain-soaked Emirates. Manchester City's defeat at Aston Villa leaves the two level on points at the top.

Also covered by The Guardian and Sky Sports.

Arsenal fear Saka will be out for six to eight weeks

The Athletic reports that the club fear the winger will miss six to eight weeks with the quad injury he picked up at Bayern Munich, and are still waiting for clarity on the timeframe.

Gabriel recovers from a knee scare to score on his 200th Premier League appearance

Gabriel went down holding his right knee 10 minutes into the second half and had treatment on the pitch before asking to carry on, then headed in Arsenal's second. Arteta said everyone was scared when he went down.

Also covered by Evening Standard.

Calafiori has a slight issue in the closing minutes

Arteta said the defender, a second-half substitute, picked up something the club believes is very small and was cautious about it. Calafiori spent most of the eight added minutes up front, with Madueke dropping to left-back.

Arteta says he is storing footage of rival managers leaving their technical areas

Booked for the second time this season against Everton, Arteta said he has a massive store of images of other managers stepping out of their areas. One more booking brings an automatic one-match touchline ban.

Also covered by Sky Sports and The Independent.

Ben White reaches 200 Arsenal appearances

White became the 119th player to play 200 games for the club, a little over five years after joining from Brighton, and crossed for Gabriel's header. He has 171 starts, seven goals and 17 assists in that time.

Women

Russo's penalty wins the north London derby and ends the WSL slump

Tandberg headed Spurs in front from a corner before Stanway levelled four minutes later with a first-time finish off the crossbar, and Russo converted early in the second half. It is Arsenal's first league win since the opening day.

Also covered by The Guardian and The Independent.

Tottenham's Martin Ho says WSL refereeing has got worse

Arsenal's penalty was given for handball against Ella Morris after the ball came off a team-mate, which the IFAB laws do not treat as an offence. Ho said officiating in the league has got worse.

Slegers says the players came to the derby to play for the fans

Slegers said the team agreed beforehand to play for the nearly 4,000 supporters who filled the away end, which is why they celebrated in front of them at the final whistle. She singled out Foord and Stanway.

Also covered by Arseblog News.

Academy

Under-18s win 3-1 at Aston Villa for a sixth straight win

Teshaun Murisa, Axel Donczew and Mylo Bernard scored inside the first 20 minutes at Bodymoor Heath before Jake Doughty replied. Josh Smith's side are on 16 points and in the top four of U18 Premier League South.

Also covered by Arsenal.com.

Under-21s lose 4-1 at Leicester and are still waiting for a first league win

Luqman Aideed scored inside five minutes and Leicester added three more after the break, with Ceadach O'Neill pulling one back. Arsenal have four points from six Premier League 2 games.

Social

• u/deadmetallucyluce on Reddit: Arteta's post-match words on Konsa, who arrived without a pre-season and has built a partnership with Gabriel.
• u/Ben_Thatcher94 on Reddit: Gabriel kissing Ben White on the head after White's cross for the second goal.
• u/RevertBackwards on Reddit: Footage of Arteta's message to the players before kick-off.
• Andy Kelly on Bluesky: Konsa is the 550th Arsenal player to score a competitive first-team goal for the club.
• Phil Costa on Bluesky: A full-time read on the performance: the football was good, the margin should have been bigger, and the bench cameos worked.
• @AAllenSport on Bluesky: On how hard it now is to separate Gabriel and Konsa, and what that means when Saliba is fit again.

Podcasts

• Inside Arsenal - with Charles Watts, GABRIEL SUPERB!! Arsenal 2, Everton 0 - Match reaction and player ratings (13 min). Immediate reaction to the win over Everton, with player ratings.
• The Thing About Arsenal, Arsenal vs Everton: The return of Set Piece FC (30 min). Luke and Jim react from the Emirates, on the set-piece goal and the performances of Madueke and Eze.
• The Real Arsenal Deal, Arsenal 2-0 Everton: Job Done As Konsa & Gabriel Goals Secure The 3 Points! (24 min). On the centre-back pairing, Konsa's first Arsenal goal and Gabriel's 200th Premier League appearance.
• THE NORTH BANK - An Arsenal Podcast, INSTANT REACTION! Arsenal 2 Everton 0 (7 min). Stef and Holly from a wet Emirates on a game the stats say was never in doubt.
• Arsenal AM, Arsenal_AM_Episode_187 Match day morning, Saka to miss 6 weeks or more (20 min). A matchday morning episode on the Saka injury and the Everton fixture.

On This Day

2014. Alexis Sanchez scored twice at the Stadium of Light, on the half hour and in the third minute of stoppage time, for a 2-0 win at Sunderland. Via Wikipedia

2000. A European night at Highbury that was almost over by half time: Parlour, Lauren and Dixon scored inside 35 minutes, Kanu added a fourth and Arsenal beat Sparta Prague 4-2 in the Champions League group stage. Via Wikipedia

1989. Alan Smith's goal with 10 minutes left beat Liverpool 1-0 in the League Cup third round, watched by 40,814 at Highbury. Via Wikipedia

1865. William Campbell was born, one of the players who turned out for the club in 1890, in the years before it moved north of the river.