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21:31Premier League pundit David Seaman:
On Gabriel’s opener: “Arsenal are well known for this now, and people still can’t stop us. There are little blocks going on and then the quality of the ball in is brilliant once again.”
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21:29BONUS POINTS AS IT STANDS
3 – Saka
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21:27RAM-SAKA – Saka has three assists and a goal so far
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21:25STAT – Seven goal thriller
West Ham v Arsenal is only the fourth Premier League match to see seven goals in the first half alone, after Blackburn v Leeds in September 1997, Bradford v Derby in April 2000, and Reading v Man Utd in December 2012.
HALF-TIME West Ham 2-5 Arsenal
One of the most remarkable halves of football you’ll ever see. Seven goals, two penalties, a free-kick, and West Ham pulling two back from being 4-0 down.
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21:23West Ham 2-5 Arsenal (45+6 mins)
This first-half is not done here! Nearly 30-yards from goal, Emerson nearly scores his second free-kick of the half with a spectacular attempt that David Raya tips over.
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21:22
PICK THAT OUT – A very special free-kick 🎯
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21:20
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“What a quite ridiculous first half of Premier League football, astonishing. There can’t be too many times we’ve seen seven goals in the first half. Saka goes to [Fabianski’s] right and he gets a hand to it but he can’t keep it out.”
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21:20
GOAL! West Ham 2-5 Arsenal (SAKA, 45+5 mins)
The seventh goal of this incredible half goes in as Bukayo Saka converts from the penalty spot. Remarkable.
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21:18
PENALTY to Arsenal…
Wow, this match continues to twist and turn. Bukayo Saka’s corner is contested by Lukasz Fabianski and Gabriel, and the West Ham goalkeeper is adjudged to have fouled the Brazilian. Penalty to Arsenal!
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21:17West Ham 2-4 Arsenal (45+1 mins)
Crysencio Summerville goes into Anthony Taylor’s book after fouling Jurrien Timber.
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21:17
FINISHING TOUCH – AWB finding goalscoring form⚽️
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21:16West Ham 2-4 Arsenal (45 mins)
The mood around this match has spun in an instant. Four goals have come in six minutes, but the latter two of those for the home side has rattled Arsenal. David Raya takes his time over a free-kick, clearly wanting to get through to half-time without any further concessions.
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21:13
West Ham 2-4 Arsenal (43 mins)
Anthony Taylor shows Bukayo Saka and Emerson the first yellow cards of the evening for a scuffle after a heavy challenge from the latter.
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21:12
HAVE-RTZ ANOTHER – Kai adds one more4️⃣
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21:11Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“It’s raining goals at the London stadium! This is a beauty. That’s a free-kick of the highest duty. Raya at full stretch can’t get anywhere near it.”
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21:11
GOAL! West Ham 2-4 Arsenal (EMERSON, 40 mins)
What is going on here?! West Ham have a second!
It’s a delightful free-kick from Emerson, dipping down and flicking the underside of the crossbar to beat David Raya. The comeback is on!
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21:09
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“West Ham have had to do plenty of chasing but Trossard has turned from hero to villain. He switches off. He allows Wan-Bissaka behind him. It’s a good finish at the near post.”
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21:09
FROM THE SPOT – A captain’s cool finish😎
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21:08
GOAL! West Ham 1-4 Arsenal (WAN-BISSAKA, 38 mins)
Where has this come from? Carlos Soler slips a lovely pass through that Aaron Wan-Bissaka races onto to finish at the near post. That’s two in two for the right-back!
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21:07
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“It’s a wonderful ball over the top but once again the West Ham defence is flat. Kilman does his best to stretch a leg but can’t get there. Kai Havertz is as cool as you like, an excellent first touch, sets him up for the finish and then bends it around Fabianski.”
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21:06
GOAL! West Ham 0-4 Arsenal (HAVERTZ, 35 mins)
86 seconds after scoring their third, Arsenal have a fourth. It’s all so easy as Leandro Trossard lifts a pass into the West Ham half and Kai Havertz is one-on-one with Lukasz Fabianski. The German does the rest with a cool finish.
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21:06
THE MAGIC NUMBER – Odegaard adds the third ✨
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21:05
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“Paqueta comes across and brings Saka down. Anthony Taylor is in a really good position to see it.
“They were all expecting Bukayo Saka to take it but it’s the skipper who takes responsibility. A hat-trick of assists for Bukayo Saka and Odegaard finds the bottom corner with a really cooly taken penalty.”
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21:04
GOAL! West Ham 0-3 Arsenal (ODEGAARD, 34 mins)
Bukayo Saka hands the ball to his captain, and Martin Odegaard side-foots it perfectly into the bottom corner.
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21:03PENALTY to Arsenal…
This is going from bad to worse for West Ham. Bukayo Saka does what he does best, driving infield and it fouled by Emerson Palmieri. Penalty kick.
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21:02
GIFT IN THE BAG – Hard to find an easier finish ⚽️
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21:01
West Ham 0-2 Arsenal (31 mins)
Arsenal are not done yet. They win a free-kick that is arced into the West Ham penalty area and eventually cleared. The London Stadium atmosphere is feeling very flat, currently.
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20:58
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“This is Arsenal at their imperious best. The movement, the one touch football, the quality, the link-up play between Odegaard and Saka on display once more. West Ham are flat. They have no energy. They can’t get tight, they can’t get close to this Arsenal team. It’s a tap-in from two or three yards, the simplest of tasks.”
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20:57
GOAL! West Ham 0-2 Arsenal (TROSSARD, 27 mins)
A goal of the absolute highest quality from Arsenal.
Martin Odegaard dinks a stunning pass over the West Ham defence for Bukayo Saka to square for Leandro Trossard. Beautiful.
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20:56
CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK – Summerville’s lovely finish doesn’t stand 🚫
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20:56
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal (26 mins)
Two more corners to Arsenal. The second is headed against the post by Jurrien Timber. You sense another Arsenal goal is coming.
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20:53
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal (23 mins)
Wow, Bukayo saka so nearly doubles Arsenal’s lead. The away side counter at pace through David Raya’s long pass, and Saka cuts inside to shoot. Somehow it floats wide when the whole stadium expected the net to bulge.
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20:51
Delivering at both ends
Since his Premier League debut in September 2020, Gabriel Magalhães has scored at least six more goals (17) than any other defender in the competition.
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20:49
UNMARKED – Gabriel capitalises on free header 🙌
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20:48
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal (18 mins)
Some joy for West Ham. Crysencio Summerville races through on goal and dinks a lovely finish over David Raya. The assistant referee’s flag goes up for offside, however.
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20:47
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal (16 mins)
West Ham have had just 18% of the ball so far, and it feels like it. Arsenal squeeze them back deep into their own half and win a succession of throw-ins that pen the Hammers in. Martin Odegaard flicks a dangerous cross having received the latest, and Jean-Clair Todibo heads away.
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20:45
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal (14 mins)
Not what West Ham wanted to see: another Arsenal corner won through Leandro Trossard’s persistence.
Declan Rice’s delivery is heading straight towards the West Ham goalline only for it to be punched clear.
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20:43
SUPER GOAL – Gabriel puts them ahead 🦇
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20:41
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“How good Arsenal are from set pieces and corners! How difficult it is to defend against. They all start at the far post and then gravitate towards the near. West Ham can’t deal with it. It’s an excellent ball from Saka and Gabriel gets himself free, he makes absolutely no mistake. The perfect start for Arsenal.”
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20:41
GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Arsenal (GABRIEL, 10 mins)
Effortless from Arsenal as they once again score from a set-piece. They execute their trademark routine of flooding the penalty area from the very far side, and Gabriel steers Bukayo Saka’s delivery into the back of the net.
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20:39
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“I saw right at the start of the game, West Ham are looking to get on the front foot and press high up the pitch, but when Arsenal have possession like this you have to be careful and pick your moments.”
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20:37
UNDER PRESSURE – Bowen skips through defence 🕺
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20:36
West Ham 0-0 Arsenal (5 mins)
Tidy from Arsenal to escape from pressure out to their left wing and keep hold of the ball. Some distant boos sound as Declan Rice gets his foot on the ball.
Bukayo Saka is flagged for a foul after being closed down by Lucas Paqueta.
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20:36
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“[Arsenal] are still the team that still have designs on a serious title challenge. I know Liverpool seem to be getting away but Arsenal are the sort of team that can go on a winning run and really put them under pressure.”
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20:34
West Ham 0-0 Arsenal (3 mins)
The early moments of this match reveal that Declan Rice is taking up a more advanced position ahead of Jorginho, rather than sitting alongside him. It will be interesting to see Rice in that box-to-box role against his former side.
Jarrod Bowen sneaks past Riccardo Calafiori into the Arsenal penalty area, but loses control of the ball to cede a goal kick.
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20:33
PRE-MATCH HUDDLE – Arteta shares the love with Hammers… for now
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20:31
Premier League pundit Matt Holland:
“Very important that [Arsenal] get three points today. It’s the opportunity to jump from 5th to 2nd in the Premier League table. That would apply some pressure to Liverpool, who of course have Manchester City tomorrow.”
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20:30KICK-OFF West Ham 0-0 Arsenal
Here we go then. Will Arsenal leapfrog Brighton into second place to apply the pressure on both Liverpool and Man City before their meeting tomorrow?
We get under way as referee Anthony Taylor blows his whistle.
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20:29WATCH: Get into the mood with this 👇
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20:27
King of the capital
Bukayo Saka has been involved in 21 goals in his last 25 London derby matches in the Premier League (9 goals, 12 assists), including five in his last six against West Ham. Overall he has 28 goal involvements in such matches (13 goals, 15 assists), with only four players registering more for Arsenal (Thierry Henry 55, Dennis Bergkamp 38, Robin van Persie 33, Ian Wright 32).
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20:26
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta:
“Mikel Merino and Thomas Partey both picked up an injury and the game came too early – they couldn’t be part of the squad.
“Gabriel is the good news, he managed to do the session yesterday so he starts the game.”
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20:25From the Scout:
Martin Odegaard (£8.3m) has made an immediate impact following his recent return from injury, delivering back-to-back assists against Chelsea and Nott’m Forest. His assist potential is illustrated by his 10 key passes during those matches, which is twice that of any team-mate, and joint-top among all players in Fantasy.
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20:24
West Ham head coach Julen Lopetegui:
“The most important thing is the players on the pitch being ready to compete against, in my opinion, for sure the best team in the Premier League and one of the best teams around the world.
“Mikel Arteta is doing fantastic as a coach and managing in a fantastic way at Arsenal, putting his idea and you can see very well how he did and the kind of coach he is, but we need to be ready.”
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20:23
MAIN THREAT – Bowen the hope for the Hammers
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20:22
West Ham’s Carlos Soler:
“We face a difficult team like Arsenal, but we think we are going to do good things like we did on Monday against Newcastle – hopefully we will show this.
“When I’m on the pitch I enjoy playing. That’s where I feel better and today we want to be like Monday and show we’re a good team with a personality.They’re a team who can win the title and it is going to be a tough game.”
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20:21
Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard:
On returning from injury: “It is a long time and I did a good job with the physios. I did a lot of gym work and did everything I could to be back as soon as possible.
“We have to focus on ourselves, we have had some good games and it is down to us to keep that up. West Ham have a lot of individual quality – we have to be ready for that.”
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20:19TEAM NEWS – West Ham v Arsenal (17:30 GMT)
Mikel Arteta makes two changes for Arsenal, with Declan Rice and Kai Havertz returning to the side in place of Mikel Merino and Gabriel Jesus.
West Ham are unchanged following their 2-0 away win on Monday night at Newcastle!
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20:17
IN THE BUILDING – Rice back in the line-up
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20:15
LINE-UP – West Ham v ARSENAL
XI: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Jorginho, Rice, Odegaard, Saka, Havertz, Trossard
Subs: Neto, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Tierney, Nichols, Martinelli, Nwaneri, Sterling, Jesus
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20:14
LINE-UP – WEST HAM v Arsenal
XI: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Soucek, Paqueta, Soler, Bowen, Summerville, Antonio
Subs: Areola, Coufal, Guillherme, Ings, Alvarez, Rodriguez, Irving, Scarles, Mayers
