Arsenal, who lost the league title at the last moment of last season by Manchester City, has significantly improved its overall strength through the upgrading of the squad, and the first eighteen rounds of the battle have also beaten a number of giants to the top of the standings, Arsenal sat at home in midweek this week to face the visiting Hammers West Ham United, in the fourth round of this season's English League Cup, the Hammers eliminated the Gunners with a score of 3-1, and now they meet again in the league, Arteta can lead the team to revenge at home, which has become the biggest attraction of this game！In this game, Arsenal dominated the field but were unable to convert the advantage into goals, while West Ham United relied on a stronger ability to grasp opportunities, with Soucek and Mavropanos scoring a goal each, and finally beat Arsenal 2-0!
In order to get revenge at the Emirates Stadium, Arteta also played the main game, allowing Raya to continue as the starting goalkeeper in the 4-3-3 system that the Gunners are most familiar with, with Zinchenko, Gabriel, Saliba and Ben White forming a back four, facing the old owner Rice leading the midfield, Trossard and Odegaard operating on the flanks, and the front three of Gabriel Jesus, Martinelli and Bukayo Saka.
As the referee's whistle blew, Arsenal launched a fierce attack on the Hammers goal on the cheers of the home fans, and in the fourth minute, Odegaard sent a clever back-heel pass, but Saka's shot was powerless and the ball was easily cleared by the West Ham goalkeeper.
In the 13th minute, West Ham United, who were passive on the field, broke the balance on the fieldA cross from the left was first disrupted by an Arsenal defender, but the moment the ball was about to go out of bounds, Bowen saved the ball and passed it to Soucek, who followed up in the middle, who pushed and scored to give the Hammers an early 1-0 lead.
In the 30th minute, Arsenal created a very threatening attacking opportunity, Jesus picked up the penalty area, Saka shook his head from close range and went straight to the goal, but the Hammers helped the goalkeeper react very quickly, the first time to lift the ball off the crossbar, to protect the goal, before half-time, Saka burst into the penalty area on the right side of the small angle burst, hit the post was ejected, the middle of the outflanking Trossard missed the opportunity to miss the half-empty goal, the shot failed to hit the target, so that Arsenal can only take a 0-1 disadvantage, back to the dressing room.
In the 56th minute of the second half, Arsenal suffered another blowMavropanos, who played against his old club, after receiving a corner kick from his teammate on the left, launched a shake off the defender from the back post, and shook his head at the front point to help West Ham extend their lead to two goalsAfter scoring the goal, Mavropanos did not celebrate at the home of his old club.
In the 66th minute, Ben White stepped forward to the West Ham United penalty area and sent a cross, Jesus who was ambushed at the back point, and when no one was marked, he actually flew the ball over, and when the camera was shown to Arteta on the sidelines, the latter was also helpless and incredulous.
In the next game, although Arsenal pressed the attack, but the united Hammers withstood the Gunners' desperate fight at the Emirates Stadium, although Raya saved Benrahma's penalty at the last moment, but West Ham United successfully maintained a two-goal lead to the end, and at the same time completed the double kill against Arsenal, sending Liverpool to the throne of the Premier League halfway title!