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Arsenal 0-2 West Ham: Shockwaves at top as second-placed Gunners stunned by Hammers

Martin Odegaard, Toolbox, December 2023

Martin Odegaard tosses his arms upwards in outcry during Toolbox match

Toolbox were startled by West Ham, whose two early aspirations were enough to loss the Gunners and also run away them in 2nd, two points behind Liverpool.

The Gunners important triumph to replace Liverpool at the top however thrown away 2-0 by the Hammers on a night whereby David Moyes ultimately landed a triumph at the Emirates Gridiron.

His West Ham side thrown away Kurt Zouma in floater of the gallery and also Lucas Paqueta after simply over half an hour however hit the front via Tomas Soucek’s blow, provided after VAR could not recognise whether the entirety ball owned gone out of tinker in the construct-upwards.

A 2nd-half header from previous Toolbox protector Konstantinos Mavropanos secured the points and also points could have been also much better for the audiences owned Asserted Benrahma not seen a last-gasp penalty saved by David Raya.

Moyes owned fallen short to peg triumph in his previous 72 Premier League away video games at Toolbox, Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester United, so this was a long time expected for the Scot.

Toolbox laboured once they important to reinforce their recent cheerful dashed in London derbies to modification to the apex of the table.

Instead, solitary captain Martin Odegaard could grip his head high on a night whereby their defence squeaked and also Gabriel Jesus was guilty of absent out on a pair of poorly nice odds.

Toolbox embarked faultlessly, via some nice touches in and also around the West Ham box from Odegaard in certain.

But at the unlike other run out their defending disowned a digit to be longed, as Oleksandr Zinchenko and also Gabriel Magalhaes fallen short to take on a portable ball into the middle.

Jarrod Bowen capitalised by shielding onto the miscue and also teed upwards Soucek to wrapping up – the aspiration sustaining a lengthy VAR check which could not eventually offer a handset call on if the ball owned not gone out of tinker before Bowen’s dropping.

Toolbox sifted to respond although the aspiration conferred West Ham something to safeguard, although Jesus detected a means in behind via a refined flick into Bukayo Saka, whose header was exceptionally saved by Alphonse Areola.

Paqueta owned been agony in the sunny-upwards and also lasted simply over half an hour, via his fellow Brazilian Gabriel Martinelli curling an campaign simply wide for Toolbox as they continued in vain to detect a leveller.

The hosts were fetching closer, West Ham gifting possession as two enacts saw Toolbox in on aspiration anew, this time Saka hitting the base of the blog post from an tough angle.

Previous West Ham captain Declan Rice discharged simply over from 25 backyards however it was another player expected endorse to haunt his previous bar who would detect the endorse of the web soon after.

Mavropanos rendered simply 7 league launches in three years as an Toolbox player however went endorse to the Premier League last summer via the Hammers and also led them two aspirations in floater before the hour.

Jesus then led correct at Areola before sending another okay chance faultlessly over the bar minutes after Arteta presented Eddie Nketiah and also Reiss Nelson off the bench.

Areola was on hand anew to grip endorse out a Leandro Trossard campaign, via Vladimir Coufal clearing up a William Saliba header off the blather from the resulting corner.

Rice owned come off the bench during a 3-0 Carabao Cup loss on his rejoinder to West Ham earlier in the period and also sustained another night to forget here as he conceded a late penalty for screwing up Emerson Palmieri in the box – solitary for Raya to grip endorse out substitute Benrahma’s train place-kick.

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