Tomáš Souček (second left) fanned the 1-0 goal that was the winning goal PDO
Arsenal had a chance to climb back to the top of the Premier League when the Boxing Day round of matches was played out on Thursday.
It got home Emirates from visitors from across London. West Ham was a particularly fascinating opponent, at least the Gunners’ super signing For Declan Ricewho now got to play against his former teammates for the first time.
Maybe that’s why it was fitting that Rice’s place in the Hammers midfield was inherited Tomáš Souček gave the visitors the lead. Of course, the Czech hit leaned more by Jarrod Bowen to not giving up because he still kept the ball in play even though it seemed to slip the wrong side of the end line.
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Jarrod Bowen saved the field from the end line and at the same time gave the pass leading to the goal. PDO
The first place in the series really interested the Gunners, because they were frantically looking for an equalizer. West Ham bagger Alphonse Areola however, kept his goal clean with skill and luck.
In the end, hopes of overcoming Liverpool faded in the second period. Has played reserve games at Arsenal for years Konstantinos Mavropanos now showed the congregation at the Emirates what kind of player the club wasted.
The Greek duo doubled the Lokkie’s lead in the 55th minute by heading the ball from a corner kick through the crossbar and post into the net. As a polite man, Mavropanos did not air his great hit at all.
In the extra time given by the referee, the hero of the day Rice fell while still in the penalty area Emerson’s.
Said Benrahman however, the Spaniard was stopped by the Spaniard David Ryan into gloves. Thus, West Ham’s winning numbers were recorded 2-0, although Arsenal took the shot statistics 30-6 and held the ball for more than 74%.
It was boring as hell for Spurs
After the surprise defeat, Arsenal let Liverpool go two points clear at the top of the Premier League. Perhaps even more aggravating is the fact that, by winning their last match, defending champions Manchester City would now be level on points with the Gunners.
In the second league match of the evening, Arsenal’s local rival Tottenham visited the south coast at Brighton’s home ground.
Lokit already raced to a decisive 4–0 lead before Alejo Véliz and Ben Davis reduced the final numbers of Spurs’ defeat to 4–2.
The Premier League is now in the middle of most of the clubs. The next round of games awaits already this coming weekend.