13. Magical hat-trick from Nwankwo Kanu against Chelsea – 1999
This match will live long in the memory of Arsenal fans. Chelsea were heading for a win with 15 minutes remaining.
Few could have predicted what was coming after goals from Tore Andre Flo and Dan Petrescu put the Blues 2-0 up with over half-an-hour to go.
Up step Nwankwo Kanu who scored the most clinical hat-trick ever seen in the history of these two clubs.
Arsenal got themselves back into the match on 75 minutes when a mis-hit shot from Marc Overmars fell to Kanu who cooly shot past Ed de Goey – the first home Premier League goal the Dutchman had conceded.
He would let in his second when Poyet missed an Overmars cross and Kanu drove his shot to the left of de Goey to make it 2-2.
Kanu saved his best until last. In the dying seconds Kanu closed down a clearance and found himself on the touchline near the corner flag when confronted by de Goey who had raced out of his goal to confront the Nigerian.
Kanu sidestepped him, just keeping the ball in play, before curling his shot over the heads of Marcel Desailly and Frank Leboeuf and into the net from an acute angle.
Cue pandemonium and celebrations as Arsenal secured an unlikely three points.