Roy Keane was impressed after watching Arsenal hit West Ham for six at the London Stadium.
Considering the result from the first game when the Hammers secured a shock victory at the Emirates, Arsenal was not expected to find life so easy at the home of the Hammers.
But Mikel Arteta’s men were in superb form and ensured they got the win they needed to keep their fine start to 2024 going.
West Ham was nowhere near as good as Arsenal and the Hammers paid for it by shipping it six goals, which could have been more.
Winning a fixture by such a wide margin away from home is not an easy task, but Arsenal managed it and it impressed Keane.
He said on Sky Sports:
“It’s all positives off the back of last weekend. They’ve just had to keep that momentum going. To score six goals away from home is fantastic.
“We can criticise West Ham all we want but credit to Arsenal. They were efficient, they were strong. The way they won the game with their set pieces and aerial threat.
“They could have scored a few more goals.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Winning at West Ham so comfortably shows we are created differently, and rivals will worry about our form now.
In the second half of last season, we lost our momentum, but this time, it could be different and we might win the league if we carry on like this
I hope this summer Arteta gets rid of the triers Elneney,Eddie etc and completes the squad with class players then I believe just winning a trophy will elevate this AFC squad to a different level.
AFC magnificent against West ham…….
Arsenal is very close to the Invincibles standard all they need is two more or three more quality players who can improve the team and that will be it…a striker to replace Nketiah…a midfielder to replace Partey… someone to deputise Saka on the right side and perhaps an upgrade on Kiwior ….that will complete the team.
I have long known Arsenal does not have a striker crisis.
It is more able body in the middle of the park we urgently need to play with Rice
Just slicing the hammers into many small pieces….way to go Arsenal FC!
I like the little I saw of Nwaneri as a substitute. Looks a good prospect. Some very decent moves and touches.
Could there be another Saka in there?
Arsenal play better, when the spine of the team is right. Havertz plays better as a center forward, although not scoring, he had chances once again to score at least 3 goals, which means he making the right runs at least. He also drags defenders out of position that creates space for others. Trossard always plays better from a more central position, whether it be a false number 9 or an attacking central midfielder. This time we had two interchangeable false number 9s, with Havertz and Trossard becoming unpredictable by periodically swapping positions, to confuse Westham. I think Arteta may stay with this set up as his best formation.
Arsenal went to the London Stadium with vergency in their minds and with no compromise. Drive the ball in all directions on a six-wheel full-throttle. What a good day at London Stadium and thank you Arsenal for a good show.
I thought Elneney had a good game when he came on as a substitute. Cant remember him ever really having a bad game !!! Sure he is not particularly creative but certainly does the basic defensive midfield work well. Not sure why so many want him moved on ?? He fits the substitute role perfectly.
Damage has been on both sides, we get vengeance but losing to west ham in reverse fixture was already damage done to us. We should have won both match comprehensively. Now that tougher matches are ahead only the win over mancity can give us glimpse of hope to hold the title otherwise the story will be same as last year.
Stanadams please spare Eddie, he needs more game time he is far better than other strikers.
The stadium was packed it felt like a hard ground to go to before the whistle a lot of hammers behind their team but the way we sent them home early was a marvelous sight Not quite seen that before not so many
My player of the day was Martin Odegaard I think he is going under the radar a wee bit Very industrious when he’s in form
Good game boys , what a fantastic day we had .