On December 29, Beijing time, in the 19th round of the English Premier League, Arsenal lost 0-2 at home to West Ham United, and has not won in two rounds, and lost the halfway championship after winning the Christmas championship.
After drawing with Liverpool in the last round, Arsenal won the Premier League Christmas title this season, but the results of the previous three Christmas titles were not good: last year's runner-up after Manchester City, this time Arsenal ushered in the London derby, but there was a controversial decision in the 13th minute: Emerson's cross, Gabriel's clearance was blocked by Zinchenko, Bowen's cross from the bottom line assisted Soucek to score!The ball seemed to be out of bounds early, but the referee confirmed that the ball was not completely out of bounds after listening to the VAR and the goal was valid!Arsenal are 1-0 down.
In the 55th minute, Prowse crossed from a corner and Mavropanos headed home, but as an Arsenal veteran, he did not celebrate. For Arsenal, Bukayo Saka hit the post, Gabriel Jesus missed a chance to salvage the defeat, and Raya saved Benrahma's late penalty to avoid a bigger defeat.
In the end, Arsenal lost 0-2, suffered a two-round winless run, and accumulated 40 points in 19 rounds at the half, two points behind Liverpool and lost the top spot. In addition, it was their first defeat to West Ham United since August 2015, ending a 17-game unbeaten run in the Premier League London derby (12 wins, five draws). West Ham United have 33 points in the first half of the Premier League for the first time in their history.
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