Wenger - Adebayor has hit double the goals I expected

Emmanuel Adebayor has scored twice the amount of goals Arsène Wenger expected of him this season.

The Togolese striker took his season's tally to 30 with a hat-trick in the 6-2 demolition of Derby on Monday. Only Ian Wright and Thierry Henry have achieved the same feat for Arsenal in the Premier League era.

Adebayor also hit three when the Rams came to Emirates Stadium in September so the 24-year-old set a minor milestone at Pride Park. He is the only player to achieve home and away hat-tricks against the same team since the Premier League began.

"I didn’t think Adebayor would reach 30 goals this season," said Arsène Wenger after the game. "I thought he would get 15.

"In this team you can score goals when you play up front because we always go forward and you get good service.

"But, I feel there is more in his locker than what he is doing at the moment. You cannot ask a striker to score 50 goals but if he repeats this amount every year, that is a mark of class."