DECLAN RICE grabbed a 97th-minute winner to seal a last-gasp victory for Arsenal over a valiant Luton side after an astonishing match at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday evening.

Arsenal’s record £105 million summer signing continued to make his mark with the Gunners, his late header ensuring Mikel Arteta’s side moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League after the game of the season.

The north Londoners appeared to have blown the chance to extend their lead over Liverpool and Manchester City after a superb performance from Rob Edwards’s Hatters, but Rice’s header 23 seconds into the seventh minute of a minimum of six additional minutes prompted scenes of deep joy amid pandemonium among the travelling Arsenal support and visiting players that saw Arteta booked with a subsequent one match touchline ban.