Everton v Arsenal player ratings: Branthwaite 7, Beto 6; Saliba 7, Trossard 7

Gunners end their six-year wait for victory at Goodison Park

Everton player ratings. Jordan Pickford - 7: Had a decent game with his feet, two sharp saves from Odegaard and could do little about Trossard's goal. Reuters

Ashley Young - 5: Tough afternoon for the veteran. Booked for chopping down Trossard and eventually withdrawn. Reuters

James Tarkowski - 6: Important recovery challenge as Nketiah ran clear. Headed, blocked and cleared everything he could. Too many aimless lumps upfield, though. PA

Jarrad Branthwaite - 7: Everton's best player. The young centre-back has lots of potential and had a promising game in difficult circumstances. Read play well, defended calmly and more measured than his colleagues with the ball. PA

Vitaliy Mykolenko - 6: Handed the unenviable task of a one-on-one battle with Bukayo Saka who, for the most part, he handled quite well. EPA

Amadou Onana - 5: Everton have issues in midfield with the balance being wrong. Onana struggled, giving the ball away over and again. AP

Idrissa Gueye - 5: Made a strong start to the game but seemed to become more erratic as it went on. Shot wildly during one of Everton's rare forays up the pitch. EPA

Abdoulaye Doucoure - 5: Plenty of effort but precious little quality from the most advanced of the Everton midfield three. EPA

Arnaut Danjuma - 5: With Everton having so little of the ball it was hard to get him in the game. Worked hard off the ball but was a peripheral figure. Reuters

Dwight McNeil - 5: Struggled badly on his first start since recovering from injury. Was one of Everton's best players down the stretch last season and will get better from here. EPA

Beto - 6: Worked his socks off but was often far too isolated to have any real impact on the game. EPA

Everton substitutes: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Beto, 65') - 6: A couple of bright bits of play after coming on in a protective face mask. Reuters

James Garner (Doucoure, 80') - N/A: No real time to influence the game. Surely overdue a start in his favoured midfield role. Reuters

Youssef Chermiti (McNeil, 87') - N/A: No time to make a difference. Nathan Patterson (Young, 87') - N/A.

Arsenal player ratings. David Raya - 6: Somewhat surprisingly picked ahead of Ramsdale for his first Gunners' league start. Won't have much easier days thanks to Everton's shot-shy attack. AFP

Ben White - 7. Had a decent game on the right of Arsenal's defence. Joined in effectively down the flank as they went forward. EPA

William Saliba - 7. Coped well with Beto and was calm, assured and in control all game. Although should take a mark off for his play acting on the stroke of half-time. AFP

Gabriel Magalhaes - 6. Another guilty of play acting, but overall a solid display from the Brazilian defender. AFP

Oleksandr Zinchenko - 8: Spent most of the game in midfield looking for the pass to open Everton up. Almost managed it a few times before his crucial role in the decisive goal. Getty

Declan Rice - 7: Composed and reliable at the base of Arsenal's midfield. Offered a solid platform for those in front of him. AFP

Martin Odegaard - 7: Drew two good saves from Pickford. Another who had a key role in the decisive goal. AP

Fabio Vieira - 7: Impressive display from the Portuguese. Was a threat from the left and, along with Zinchenko, looked most likely to unpick the packed home defence. Reuters

Bukayo Saka - 6: Struggled to make an impact with Mykolenko all over him like a rash. Broke free to deliver the cut back for Trossard. PA

Eddie Nketiah - 5: Offered little up front and was offside in the build-up to Martinelli's disallowed goal. AFP

Gabriel Martinelli - 6: Finished in style for the goal that did not count before injury curtailed his afternoon. Getty

Arsenal substitutes. Leandro Trossard (Martinelli, 24') - 7: Looked bright and inventive after replacing Martinelli early in the game. Fabulous finish for the goal. AFP

Gabriel Jesus (Nketiah, 66') - 6. Offered more than Nketiah and gave some back to Everton's physical defenders. AFP

Kai Havertz (Vieira, 80') - N/A: No real time to make an impact. Getty

Takehiro Tomiyasu (Zinchenko, 80') - N/A: Helped Arsenal get over the line. Reuters

Arsenal enjoyed a first win at bogey ground Goodison Park since 2017 as Leandro Trossard's second-half goal decided an otherwise turgid encounter.

Embattled near the foot at the table, Everton settled in for a long afternoon of defending and managed to frustrate Mikel Arteta's side for long periods.

Although they held a near monopoly on possession, the Gunners failed to create a great deal but ultimately the game was settled by its outstanding moment of quality.

A short corner routine involving several of Arsenal's attacking players ended in Bukayo Saka cutting back for Trossard to steer a superb finish in off the post.

It was a far from convincing display from the visitors but they won't care having been frequently humbled at Goodison in recent times. Before Sunday, Arsene Wenger had been the last Arsenal manager to win away to the Blue half of Merseyside.

"It was a long time without a win here," Arteta said. "We played a great game, we didn't give anything away. We dominated the game and created numerous chances. The score should probably have been bigger."

For Everton it was another miserable day during a bleak period for the club. Now mired in relegation trouble after a winless start to the season, this latest defeat came days after owner Farhad Moshiri had announced a deal to sell the club to American investors 777 partners.

But with many reports casting doubt over the viability of the takeover, coupled with the team's dire form, these are dark times for manager Sean Dyche and his struggling side.

"I thought we would have more points on the board by now but you can't give the ball away that many times," Dyche said. "That link on transition was missing and we weren't effective enough. We are conceding softish goals. Our growth is where we are. There is a reality. Last season nothing was solved. I've said there is massive work to be done."

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