Leandro Trossardi had an emotional Sunday.
Leandro Trossard was Arsenal’s hero. PDO
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola sent the message after Saturday’s league win.
– Come on you Irons, the Catalan said at the end of his press conference.
With his exclamation, Guardiola of course encouraged West Ham, who faced Arsenal on Sunday.
The Hammers are fighting for their place in the league, but from City’s perspective, all that mattered was stopping Arsenal’s title train.
And West Ham was very close to succeeding in that. It was able to keep the Gunners scoreless for more than 80 minutes.
Even though Arsenal had created clearly more chances to score, the best place to score had fallen to the home team For Mateus Fernandeswho in the 78th minute pecked the Gunners goalkeeper David Ryan with.
The Portuguese made haste in the situation and shot his shot at the outstretched leg of the Spanish keeper.
A winning goal would have really suited the home crowd, as it would have meant West Ham’s rise from the relegation zone.
Trossard decided
Fernandes will surely have nightmares about his failure. Just a few minutes later, the Arsenal skipper Martin Ødegaard namely played together nicely By Declan Rice with and initial traction position For Leandro Trossardi.
The Belgian must have had an emotional Sunday, because in the morning The Sun had published a story about Trossard’s wife on its front page, Laura from Hilvenwho had deleted all the photos of the couple together from his Instagram.
With Britain’s most widely circulated newspaper shouting about a marital crisis, it’s certainly not easy to focus on a crucial league match.
Trossard kept his bets low. The ball got a little bounce from Tomáš Souček and it sank by Mads Hermansen over to the net.
Var helped
However, the drama did not end there, as in the final seconds of extra time Callum Wilson bombed the ball into the goal with power from the post-corner situation.
The referee decided to disallow West Ham’s equaliser. PDO
Referee Chris Kavanagh however, were invited to watch the videos because West Ham Pablo’s a hand clutched Raya’s shoulder. The Portuguese’s mistake was considered so serious that the var recommended that Kavanagh have the goal disallowed.
The Chief Justice agreed.
The home defeat almost sealed West Ham’s relegation. Meanwhile, Arsenal’s win keeps them firmly in the title race.
Arsenal leads Manchester City by five points again. The Gunners have two league matches left to play. A win in both of them means the first Premier League title in 22 years.
