West Ham vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
The Gunners resume their quest for the Premier League title looking for a win after drawing at Liverpool last weekend
Arsenal still have the title in their own hands, just about, but they’ve reached a worrying point where they can’t seem to hold onto anything - not their nerve, not a 2-0 lead.
That’s what the true pressure of a Premier League race does, as the leaders just stopped playing. It means they’ve stopped winning, as Arsenal squandered a two-goal lead for another 2-2 for the second successive week. This time, it was away to a West Ham United who had previously been on poor form, rather than Liverpool who had previously been on poor form.
Whatever about the points and how it leaves Arsenal just four ahead of City with a game more played, the great question is whether you can afford to do this in this manner against Pep Guardiola’s side.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
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Wide! Coufal launches a long throw into the area, and the ball finds its way out to Paqueta. The midfielder hits a volley from 20 yards out, but it flies wide of Ramsdale's goal.
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DANGER FOR ARSENAL! West Ham are suddenly on top! Soucek sees a header deflect wide from the corner, granting the Irons another chance. The second set-piece is awkwardly punched by Ramsdale under pressure, and Arsenal just manage to scramble it away.
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OVER! Coufal whips the free-kick towards Antonio at the far post, where the striker nods into the ground and over the crossbar! The referee spots a touch from an Arsenal player, however, and he signals for a corner!
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Arsenal are unhappy with the award of that penalty, claiming Rice handled as he challenged Partey in the build-up to the incident. However, the VAR had a look at that, and decided Rice won the ball fairly.
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