(Video) Nutmeg to backheel finish sees Arsenal score goal of the season contender vs Sunderland

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Arsenal arguably scored their goal of the season so far on Tuesday night.

Their fourth goal in the EFL Cup quarter-final thrashing of Sunderland was a thing of beauty.

It started with Nicolas Pepe – scorer of Arsenal’s second goal of the evening – cheekily nutmegging Sunderland defender Denver Hume, before playing a pass to Eddie Nketiah, who then rivalled his teammate for cheekiness.

Nketiah raised the roof at the Emirates Stadium with a gorgeous backheeled finish to complete his hat-trick.

It seemed like a big statement by Nketiah, who had earlier opened the scoring his a much scrappier goal.

In fact, Nketiah’s first goal against Sunderland was roundly mocked. London Evening Standard journalist Simon Collings called it the “dictionary definition of an Eddie Nketiah goal”.

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Nketiah may have scored some scruffy goals in his Arsenal career but this effort was far from it.

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