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West Brom vs Arsenal as it happened: Craig Dawson scores twice to pile the pressure on Arsene Wenger
Relive the action as West Brom seal a memorable win over struggling Arsenal
Two headers by Craig Dawson and a Hal Robson-Kanu strike lifted West Bromwich Albion to a 3-1 win over Arsenal and piled more misery on their manager Arsene Wenger after a pulsating Premier League clash on Saturday.
The result left Arsenal in fifth place with 50 points from 27 matches, five behind fourth-placed Liverpool who are at home to Manchester City on Sunday. West Brom stayed eighth on 43 points from 29 games.
Still reeling from a 10-2 aggregate defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16 earlier this month, the under-fire Wenger could only watch in dismay as a banner saying 'NO CONTRACT #WENGEROUT' was flown by a plane above the Hawthorns.
Relive all the live action below:
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Past three-meetings….
Arsenal 1 (Giroud) West Brom 0, Premier League, December 2016
Arsenal 2 (Sanchez 2), West Brom 0, Premier League, April 2016
West Brom 2 (Morrison, Arteta og) Arsenal 1 (Giroud), Premier League November 2015
Form guide…
West Brom: DWDWLL
Arsenal: WLWLLW
Odds…
West Brom to win: 4/1
Arsenal to win: 7/10
Draw: 29/10
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
65 mins: Danny Welbeck hits the crossbar! This time it's Arsenal's turn to threaten from a corner as their striker clatters the woodwork with a point-blank effort after meeting Xhaka's cross.
67 mins: A great chance for Robson-Kanu to grab his second and Albion's third goes begging. Sent clear, the substitute tried to lift his shot over Ospina, but the Arsenal goalkeeper clawed the effort away from just inside his area. With the help of his defenders, follow-ups from Chadli and McClean are also repelled.
72 mins: A second substitution for West Brom as Claudio Yacob replaces Chris Brunt. This one probably isn't going to score within 74 seconds.
75 mins: GOAL! WEST BROM 3 ARSENAL 1:
Two for Craig Dawson, three goals for West Brom and surely three points to follow! Once more it was from a corner, this time James McClean's fiercely whipped delivery from the right, and when the Albion defender escaped from an oblivious Aaron Ramsey, he had the simple job of powering his header into the back of the net.
78 mins: Boos ring out as Alexis Sanchez leaves the pitch. The Chilean has been struggling ever since falling to James McClean's first half foul, but the Arsenal fans are not happy. Perhaps on one leg, the visitors still see Sanchez as a better option that the arriving Alex Iwobi.
84 mins: There's no way back now surely for an Arsenal side that have started to go long. If you can't beat West Brom at your own game, it's highly unlikely that you'll defeat them at theirs.
88 mins: A third and final change for the hosts as Nacer Chadli departs and on comes West Brom youngster Sam Field to play a part in a memorable victory for the club that he has been as since the age of eight.
90 mins: There will be three minutes of stoppage time before the travelling Arsenal fans can shuffle back to their planes in disappointment.
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