Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette Lead Arsenal Past Everton 5-2

Arsenal piled more misery on 10-man Everton on Sunday, as they came from behind to win 5-2 at Goodison Park to leave the Toffees in the relegation zone.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring with a stunning long-range effort before Nacho Monreal and Mesut Ozil replied for the Gunners either side of the break.

Alexandre Lacazette and Aaron Ramsey netted after Idrissa Gueye earned his marching orders in the 68th minute for his second bookable offence before Oumar Niasse and Alexis Sanchez got on the scoresheet in injury time.

Arsenal almost scored through Ramsey after just two minutes when he latched on to Ozil's neat flick, but Jordan Pickford made a fingertip save to tip the Welshman's curling effort around the post.

The visitors continued to test Pickford early on, and after firing at him from a narrow angle, Lacazette should have broken the deadlock when he met Ramsey's pull-back six yards out, only to fire straight at the stopper.

His miss would prove costly, as Rooney netted against the run of play shortly after. Gueye caught Granit Xhaka in possession before offloading to Rooney, who curled home a stunning effort from 25 yards.

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ESPN FC's Mattias Karen was hardly surprised:

Buoyed by the goal, the hosts imposed themselves more on the contest, and it was almost 2-0 when Petr Cech allowed himself to be closed down by Dominic Calvert-Lewin in a nervy moment.

However, the Gunners continued to create chances thanks to their slick passing in the final third, and Ramsey and Hector Bellerin forced yet more saves from Pickford. Arsenal deservedly pulled level late in the half when Monreal reacted quickest to turn home a rebound after Pickford had kept out Xhaka's long-range effort.

Bleacher Report's Matt Jones gave his take at half-time:

Squawka Football supplied the numbers behind the visitors' dominance:

Ozil put Arsenal ahead eight minutes into the second half. After Lacazette combined with Sanchez on the left, the Chilean floated a lovely cross into the near post for the German to glance home.

Everton's afternoon got worse when Gueye—booked in the first half—picked up his second yellow card.

Lacazette made sure of the result six minutes later when he converted an Ozil pull-back, the German's first Premier League assist of the campaign. Bleacher Report's James McNicholas was impressed:

Ramsey looked to have wrapped up the win when he finished substitute Jack Wilshere's through ball in the 90th minute, but there was still time for Oumar Niasse to capitalise on a defensive mix-up between Monreal and Cech to score at the other end.

Sanchez then struck from a tight angle in the 95th minute to round out the scoring.

The result left Everton 18th in the English top flight and manager Ronald Koeman in jeopardy after such a poor start to the season.

Arsenal move level with fourth-place Chelsea and nine points behind league leaders Manchester City, whom they face on November 5 after hosting Swansea City in their next Premier League outing.