Arsenal are stumbling and the Premier is complicated at the London Stadium

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal The Premier complicated this Sunday by not going from 2-2 at the London Stadium against a West Ham hostile and very needy. Despite the fact that the sec leader made it 0-2, the ‘hammers’ leveled the score and managed to win. Today Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, 2nd, are four points behind Arsenal and also have a game in hand, against Fulham. On April 26, the title was at stake in City-Arsenal.

West Ham, who drew in the first quarter against Ghent (1-1) in the Conference League but are fighting relegation in the Premier League, started the game with a lot of energy. But Arsenal took control of the good football, that of a team looking to win its first Premier since 2003-04.

And the ‘Gunners’ took the lead thanks to a stellar choral play, late on in which Martin Odegaard sent the ball to Ben White and the full-back sent it to the far post for Gabriel Jesus to finish and score in the 7th minute.

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Arsenal immediately went for the second goal and got it 3 minutes later. A fantastic Gabriel Martinelli delivery was used by Odegaard to make it 0-2 after 10′.

But the Premier leader is not destined to have a quiet afternoon in this derby against the ‘hammers’. After stealing the ball from an imperial Declan Rice on Thomas Partey, Gabriel Magalhaes gave a penalty to Lucas Paquetá. Benrahma did not miss it. 1-2. Problems for Arteta and hope for Moyes.

At that time, it was clear that West Ham were struggling in command of the match against Arsenal, who began to suffer. At 52′, with the score 1-2, another heavy blow for the ‘Gunners’: Bukayo Saka missed a penalty in the 52nd minute. The referee pointed to Michail Antonio’s hand after Gabriel Martinelli’s shot.

Saka raised his worst ghost by sending the ball high when he won the penalty. The Arsenal youngster was one of the English team players who missed their penalty in the final shootout of the last Euro Cup against Italy (champions at Wembley). And also, Arsenal have not missed a penalty in the Premier since 2015, when Santi Cazorla did it against West Brom.

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To add insult to injury for the Premier League leader, just 2 minutes after Saka’s error Jarrod Bowen scored West Ham’s second goal by capitalizing on another mistake by the ‘Gunner’ defence. Two shots on goal for David Moyes and two goals at the London Stadium.

Arsenal tried to tip the match in their favour, knowing that part of their chances of finally winning the Premier had been played, but they suffered badly against an opponent where even Michail Antonio fell by ball on the crossbar of the post. West Ham are closer to the winning goal than Arsenal. ‘Gunner’ fans will be hoping that these lost points don’t cost them the Premiership.