Everton 2-5 Arsenal: Wizard of Oz has Ronald Koeman on the brink... superb Mesut Ozil inspires Arsene Wenger's side to Goodison Park rout

Alexandre Lacazette netted during a clinical performance from Arsenal, who saw off Everton 5-2 at Goodison Park

Wayne Rooney's opened the scoring for Everton, bending his stunning 25-yard effort beyond Petr Cech in Arsenal's goal

It was Nacho Monreal who levelled things just before the break after the visitors piled the pressure on the Everton goal

But Mesut Ozil's deft header after a pin-point cross from Alexis Sanchez put the Gunners in front after the half-time break

Ozil celebrates as his side make their territory and possession count and seize the initiative from Everton on Merseyside

But it was Lacazette who put the final nail in the coffin when Ozil found him in the Everton box and he stroked home for 3-1

It all became comfortable for Arsenal as Aaron Ramsey helped himself to an easy finish to put them 4-1 up at the end of the 90

Following Oumar Niasse's consolation goal deep into stoppage time, Alexis Sanchez then restored the three-goal cushion

Sanchez skips away from the challenge of Everton defender Michael Keane and tries to mount an attack

Everton boss Ronald Koeman yells from the touchline as his team look for an opener at Goodison Park on Sunday

It was the ex-England captain, Rooney, who broke the deadlock on 12 minutes when he created an opening and swept home

The Toffees striker sprints towards the Goodison faithful as the much-needed goal brings an air of relief around the ground

The former England captain's strike brought back memories of his sensational strike against the Gunners 15 years ago

The Gunners created enough chances of their own, however, and Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford had to be at his best

Arsene Wenger, who turned 68 on Sunday, watches on glumly as he team pile on the pressure but cannot breach the goal

But Nacho Monreal levelled the tie just before the break when a save from Pickford fell to the Spaniard inside the box

Monreal celebrates with Granit Xhaka, whose shot forced the save from Pickford and allowed the left back to drill home

Nikola Vlasic vies for the ball with Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey as Everton try and hold out until the break

Phil Jagielka leaps to header while Rooney and Keane both challenge for the ball as Arsenal send in a cross from a set-piece

Ozil then stole the initiative for the Gunners at the start of the second half when he latched on to Sanchez's accurate cross

The Blues keeper is helpless as the near-post header flies past him and into the back of the net to give Arsenal a 2-1 lead

The German playmaker makes a bee-line for the Arsenal contingent in the crowd after he put his side in front at Goodison

Ozil is mobbed by his team-mates as they celebrate what would turn out to be a crucial goal in the course of the match

Everton's problems were then compounded when Idrissa Gueye was sent off after being shown his second yellow card

Then Lacazette put the tie to bed when he was found in acres of space in the box and converted with consummate ease

 The France international dons a wide smile as he knows his goal will be enough to complete the turnaround at Goodison

But Ramsey had his own ideas and turned the final few minutes into a free-for-all when his 89th-minute strike made it 4-1

Niasse, who had come on for Rooney in the second half, then capitalised on an error from Cech, dispossessing the keeper

The Senegal international then ran through on goal unopposed to score his side's second and make the most of Cech's howler

Sanchez refused not to get in on the act as he single-handedly rounded the Everton defence before unleashing a shot

The shot, rifled diagonally across goal and towards the bottom corner, proved too much for Pickford in the Everton goal

The Chilean superstar celebrates after his side complete the rout by sending five beyond the helpless Toffees at Goodison