West Ham United 2 – 5 Arsenal – Match Report

We blew away West Ham on the London Stadium, with all of our targets coming in a outstanding opening half.

Gabriel obtained it began within the tenth minute, with a header from a nook, earlier than Leandro Trossard tapped in our second. Bukayo Saka was introduced down inside the realm for Martin Odegaard to attain from the penalty spot and Kai Havertz raced onto a Trossard go to make it 4-0 with 10 minutes of the primary half remaining.

West Ham mustered a comeback with a quickfire double. Aaron Wan-Bissaka scored inside the realm and Emerson curled house a free-kick.

We have been awarded a second penalty in first-half stoppage time, this time scored by Saka, and that settled us down once more, permitting us to see out the win within the second-half.

Gabriel will get us going

With second place within the desk the prize for victory, we set about West Ham early on. We had loved greater than 80 per cent possession within the opening ten minutes, and the stress quickly paid off.

As soon as once more it was a set piece that triggered the issues. With the primary nook we had received on the correct, Saka’s inswinging supply was excellent for Gabriel to float throughout the defence and steer house his near-post header.

It was the large Brazilian’s fourth aim of the season – all headers from corners.

On the different finish Crysencio Summerville had the ball within the internet, lifting it over David Raya when one on one, however the offside flag was raised.

Halfway via the half Saka discovered himself with area contained in the West Ham space, with the ball on his left foot, however as he regarded to select the highest nook, his shot flew simply extensive.

One other harmful Saka nook resulted in Timber’s header being parried at shut vary, and Jorginho did effectively to stay out a leg and cease any potential counter-attack from the hosts.

Flurry of targets

A second aim regarded inevitable, and this time Trossard equipped the end.

Martin Odegaard lifted the ball into the trail of Saka inside the realm, and he squared for the Belgian to faucet in.

In in a short time obtained even higher. Saka was too scorching to deal with inside the realm and Lucas Paqueta rashly introduced him down. Penalty, and Saka handed the ball to his skipper. Odegaard made no mistake, scoring low contained in the put up for his first aim of the season.

Inside 90 seconds we scored once more. A superb looking go from Trossard deep in his personal half set Havertz via on aim. Confronted by Lukasz Fabianski in aim, he comfortably dispatched our fourth of an unimaginable first half.

We had raced to a 4-0 lead on this stadium final season, and historical past was repeating itself right here.

However this time West Ham had a response, and it was immediate. Aaron Wan-Bissaka ran onto a defence-splitting Carlos Soler go earlier than beating Raya at his close to put up.

Hope for the house aspect, and remarkably they obtained one other simply two minutes later. They received a disputed free-kick simply exterior our space, and Emerson dispatched his shot into the highest nook, giving Raya no likelihood.

The London Stadium had witnessed 4 targets in six minutes, and the momentum was now very a lot with the house aspect.

As this unimaginable first-half ticked into extra time, we restored our three-goal benefit. One other Saka nook triggered issues for West Ham. Fabianski tried to punch clear, however linked as an alternative with Gabriel’s head. Penalty awarded once more, this time Saka took the honours.

Completely different nook, similar end result. For these dropping rely it made it 5-2 at half-time. It was solely the fourth time ever that the first-half of a Premier League match had contained seven targets.

Calm descends

With a aim arriving each six and a half minutes on common the interval was a time for everybody to take inventory.

Jakub Kiwior changed Gabriel on the break and Oleksandr Zinchenko was additionally despatched on early within the second half.

Each groups have been wanting harmful on the assault. Michail Antonio shot simply extensive earlier than Odegaard drew a cushty save from Fabianski.

One other sub, Raheem Sterling, shot into the aspect netting after a promising assault, and floated a free-kick extensive, however the second-half was an enormous distinction to the primary by way of aim mouth motion.

However the job had lengthy been achieved. This made it three wins within the area of per week, with 13 targets scored, a good way to move right into a busy December.

What’s subsequent

The video games preserve coming, and it’s Manchester United at house on Wednesday within the Premier League subsequent. That’s adopted by one other London derby, away to Fulham, subsequent Sunday.