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Arsenal’s confirmed team to take on West Ham – Tierney starts

Arsenal travel to the London Stadium to take on West Ham United this afternoon and this is the team that Mikel Arteta has selected to bring all three points home.

Man City did what they had to do yesterday beating Leicester City 3-1 and putting the pressure on the boys to get the win today and restore the six-point gap between the sides.

Make no mistake, this is a must win game, anything less than a win could prove to be disastrous in our quest to win the Premier League title.

However, we should feel confident, Arsenal has stood up and been counted all season long, they have proven they can get results under pressure and let’s be honest, this is hardly an inform West Ham side we are facing this afternoon.

That said, the lads cannot be complacent, the Hammers are fighting for Premier League survival and we all know how dangerous sides can be when they are in a relegation dog fight.

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  3. Apparently we have a good record, when Zinchenko hasn’t played. His missing today wont make much difference. Front 3 need to capitalise on the sluggish west ham defence.

  4. Tierney will do his best to keep his place in the starting 11, I’m excited to see how he performs today and how he links up with Martinelli or Jesus when he drifts left. I’m hoping we take out our frustration from Anfield on the Hammers and thrash them 5-0 to get our goal difference up and send a message to Man City… “What you can do, we can do better!”

    Come on Arsenal! ❤️🤍

  8. Need yo to show why we are the strongest team away from home. Showing up to etihad with a 9 pts lead is imperative to put all the pressure on city again after our draw last week switch it on us

  12. Tierney starting today in our away Epl to West Ham might be because Zinchenko can’t start. Tierney should however show that he’s more than capable to start the match by making his own contributions rightly and immensely in the game for the Gunners.
    And if the Gunners eschew profigacy in front of the Irons goalmouth. But convert the chances that they’ll create in the match into goals. Including those that accidentally falls to them in the game. And did not concede any penalty or dangerous free jacks to the Irons in the game. Arsenal will beat West Ham by 0-4 away win at full-time of the match.

    2. Dive clear as day, he was going down before Gabriel touches him. No way was VARCITY cancelling that.

      If he runs normally its a clear penalty but he dives before contact so no penalty.

      1. We are losing our way a bit as a result and West Ham are benefitting. Gabriel just now wasn’t confident clearing the ball.

    1. Agree not a game changer at all. He keeps things ticking in midfield, but we can find that for a fraction of his price.

      Just don’t see enough from him to warrant overpaying for him in final year of his contract.

      Rather go after Onana or Caicedo as the big transfer this Summer, and add a plan B striker.

    1. Thought the same, Partey wasn’t aware enough of opponents around him and was too lax on the ball. Gave me flashbacks of AMN in midfield.

  20. Pgmol new mandate has arrived?
    Only arsenal gets yellow card?

    Leicester had 2 penalty claims bigger than that dive.

  21. Didn’t watch 1st half..
    But from what I am hearing it seems we only played good football until 25th Minutes…
    After that we were on back foot…
    Hopefully we will sweep them a side in the 2nd half..

  22. How on earth can you repeat the same mistakes, only one week later and look so crap again from your own stupid fault. Worrying trend and it it awful to watch. Sloppy and poor.

    1. We just don’t learn from our past mistakes. We lose our concentration and focus as soon as we score two goals. We allow the opponents to get back into games that should be over already. Been here so many times before and yet we still have that showing of a soft under belly. We just don’t like being pressed.

      1. Why on earth (and he did i against Liverpool) does Jesus keep dropping so deep, it messes the shape up and we have nobody to clear too.

  23. Xhaka a nowhere man without Zhivchenko’s work rate and Partey in never never land. This could be one of the most important half time talks Arteta will give.

  24. Why is the referee giving Jesus a yellow card, when the same is done to him and nothing – not even a free kick? I think if Saliba had been in the team – we would not have the defensive frailties last week and this week. That ‘penalty’ was a clear dive he stuck his leg out. Ridiculous. We have to get the third goal in these occasion, not sit back after two.

  25. This is starting to look like the end of the last few seasons. Team plays well until the slightest bit of adversity, then crumbles. Hope Arteta gives them the hairdryer treatment. Slightly concerning this is still happening though….

  28. Why are you guys commenting above skirting the real issue we played crap and our midfield lost the plot.

  30. OMG
    The team are unbelievably nervous and that was a shocker
    We need the away supporters to get vocal

  31. Penalties have been conceded and missed had Xhaka been responsible for either of them this thread would have four times current comments crucifying him.

    1. Yes need to calm this down, end to end benefits them. We have the quality to win this. Saka was off vs liv same here, Arteta need to take the risk and sub him.

  38. That’s how you throw away a league title, same with Anfield last week we had it won. A good 1st 30mins doesn’t win you a game of football.

    Just not there mentally which is a shame as thought we had it wrapped up after 10mins. We miss Saliba that’s for sure.

    Partey to blame for 1st goal, Saka missed a penalty then they score 2mins later and now dominating the game.

    1. Yeah, we look timid and nervous. West Ham know it and have the confidence to attack. We’ve lost control again and lose the ball more often now. Maybe we haven’t come as far as we thought?

  39. Is this the team that is supposed win or take a point at city ? This team is not ready to win the league. Unbelievable! We are crumpling right at the end of the season. Where is the leadership? We need to calm down.

  40. It’s on Partey, that mistake is so costly, it gave them the confidence they need to fight back. Still time to win though.

  41. Considering West Ham played away on Thursday evening, they are showing great resolve
    I hope they run out of steam

  42. Bad game for Partey. Simple as that. Shame because he is the one guy who gives us steel in the middle.

  44. Why is Xhaka such an irrevocable force ? Remember his outburst against the younger players after Newcastle last year? Why isn’t he leading the way now? Disgraceful, here we our biting our nails and hoping to hang on for a draw.

  45. Where’s this whole squad new mentality I’ve been hearing about now that we under pressure in the season?

    Coincidentally it seems to have disappeared with Saliba, maybe he had it his pocket?

    1. Absolutely awful today after the 11th minute pathetic response by us but why on why did saka take the penalty

  48. The way we are playing looks as if MA wants Guardiola to win the league. We look completely off. We need goals and Martinelli has been taken off. Bad approach from MA.

    1. Feel completely let down by this performance. To throw two games in a week at this stage of the season shows the true picture. We’re not winning or even drawing at City. We’ve looked average in the second half and we really needed the win today. Even West Ham looked like they wanted the win more. The determination of West Ham showed us up today. Arsenal are pretenders at this rate because true champions put these games to bed. City will win the EPL. Mad as he’ll!

  50. Need to win that game, 2 pts lost is bad but the manner we are losing them can kill our whole momentum. That’s nightmare scenario right now

  52. If this stays 2-2, the season is over. On this evidence, Man City would destroy us and take the title. I’m not trying to be negative, but I can only judge what is in front of me, and right now it’s lacking.

  53. We just love passing in our own half, even inside our own box to rack up those 80% possession stats don’t we? Same old old like against Liv. We are inviting opponents to put us under pressure in dangerous area. Amazing….

  56. No!!! The Gunners playing at away to the Irons in the Epl today will not bottle their chance to win this season’s Epl title at London Stadium. Even as they have thrown away a 0-2 lead cushion in the game to allow the Irons to equalise. They will still recover to score the match winner and return to the Ems with all the 3 points in the bag.

  57. Blows my mind how Arteta waits waits waits and waits more to make any sort of change. Partey should’ve went off at half time and then Arteta doesn’t like to upset this front 3 by changing them just always waits until we concede then waits another 10 minutes before trying something different. Come on boys

  60. When we were 2-0 up, we started to play those cute short passing way back to Ramsdale around our box as if we were up 7-0. We did exactly that after we were 2-0 up last week until we conceded and got panicked. We just bottled it

      1. It’s not on MA. It’s on the team. Silly mistakes (becoming complacent) and losing the ball. Losing control. Losing a great 2 goal lead. That is on the players including Partey and Gabrielle! Our senior players switched off.

  61. All wr have to do is draw at city and win every other game, then we are PL champions.

    If we can’t do that, then we clearly don’t deserve it. Clearly PGMOL thinks the same by the dubious decisions they have been gifting united, City, spurs and Liverpool all season.

    1. Why think we can win all the games except City when we just choked 2 weeks in a row?

      2-0 lead both games, players turned off feeling comfortable, Arteta does nothing until it’s too late after damage has been done.

      Partey and Saka were poor today, and rest of the team lacked the urgency that West Ham showed.

      Reminds me of last 4 games last year; pressure mounts and the players fold like a cheap suit.

  62. Dan Smith is almost certainly right in his assessment of Arsenal’s chances of winning the league.

    The nerves took over when West Ham got back into the game after the penalty and Saka’s miss was just further evidence of that.

  63. The only way I see us winning the title is by beating City. City are far more consistent at winning then us.

    Really demoralizing result

  65. Resigned to not winning the title now. We threw he game away, Saka and Partey had an off day for whatever reason. Let’s practice penalties, because I don’t think we have any reliable penalty takers in the team apart from Trossard

  67. Arteta to blame. Poor game management. He totally ignored Smith Rowe as an option but prefers that useless Viera and how is Eddie Nketien supposed to get a whiff of a goal when there is no midfield to create a chance. A Spursy kind of game. Three points against Southampton and then let’s hope for the Miracle of Maine Road. It a fan’s lot to believe.

  68. Absolutely shocking by the gunners crap performance and really embarrassing the amount of effort that was put in by the team.i actually can’t believe we/i really thought we could win the league as never in a million years will that happen. No chance

    1. This year was the best chance for the EPL with other big teams slipping up. It’s why we’ve done so well. But City haven’t slipped up and I doubt they will. Be lost 4 points in the last 2 games after being 2 goals up. That just about sums up Arsenal right now. City won’t do that in a million years. Completely self inflicted again.

  69. The way things are going, and we always seem to give struggling teams a leg up, it wouldn’t surprise me if Southampton manage to hold us to a draw and take away a point. Then even a draw with Man City won’t be a good enough result.

  70. At least we’ve seen the true Arsenal in the last few games. Looking quite able for some time but ultimately found out under pressure. BOTTLED it again. But, let’s also remember CL was the focus this season. We dared to dream (pretend) but in truth, we all knew we were a few qhality players short this season. That soft under belly has never been gone. It’s just been covered over very well!

  71. That result to me is curtains.
    Very disappointed Gunner.
    We need a miracle to win it.

    1. Season over I’m afraid not quite good enough but you will always concede if you are cowards in defence and that is what we are cowards yellow chicken end off

    1. SWS you are correct. The manager has lost his passion. No more shouting orders from the touch line. He is so docile, at least the champions league spot is secured.

  73. Just a win needed to get top 4 now. You need mental strength to win a title especially when there is a team like City chasing you. We are playing just one game a weak but we still look tired. It’s City’s title to lose now. Arteta said a top must be ready to play 3 matches in a week but I don’t think we are ready.

    1. Can you explain that GB please?
      I’m not sure on this occasion what you expected
      2-0 up and cruising and we folded against a team who are struggling and who played in Europe on Thursday
      I’m disappointed by what transpired as are most supporters

      1. Well said Sue. We failed today and we shouldn’t accept it especially being 2-0 up. If GB wants to accept it that’s fine but it’s not a winning mentality.

      2. I agree completely with you Sue but everyone saying the titles gone, we are crap, Arteta doesn’t know what he’s doing etc is just a childish, entitled attitude. There are more games to play with various outcomes. It’s not over until it’s over!

  75. Losing the league isn’t the issue for me, it’s keeping it till this point and losing it like we just did. Pathetic.

    Two goals up in under 30 minutes bottled up twice to teams we should beat. Yes, Liverpool is a team we should beat as far as this season is concerned.

    Losing to Everton and drawing with Southampton were also games I just can’t believe. How on Earth will this same team play City???, Brighton and Newcastle??? Chelsea might even begin a rebirth with us and I won’t be surprised.

    If other teams weren’t so far behind, we probably wouldn’t even have made top 3 at this rate. Now, only God knows how many more decades we have to wait to win the league again. Just so Pathetic. I can’t just stop crying. It’s so painful. So painful.

    I felt better last season. It’s way better to not have expectations than to build one and then watch it come crashing like a pack of cards.

    1. This new mentality narrative that’s been shoved down our throats is simply untrue. We’ve actually been so good our mentality hasn’t been tested too much, now that it’s under sustained pressure for the first time it’s none existent!

      I’m fully expecting to hear the normal, “Well top 4 was our goal so we’ve done better than planned”. Hiding behind that statement doesn’t change a thing.

    2. The result alone changes little, we still need a draw or win at city, as we did before. Its whats happening that is the problem!!!!!

    3. NY_Gunner, do you really believe that? Can you see us getting 3 points at City? Can you City dropping point now? I don’t. I’m not a pessimist, I’m a realist. We’ve seen this happen so many times over the last few decades. This season will be nothing new.

      1. Spot on. The same mental fragility, concentration lapses, and costly mistakes of the late Wenger era are still happening. Worse, it shows no sign of going away.

  77. Why take Partey off ? why take Odergaard off ? Why take Tierney off? Why bring Viera on? The subs are non sensicle for Arsenal and weakened the team. This Viera kid is an absolute waste of space. ESR must be in a really bad place because he was one of our influential players, now a bench warmer and has to watch Viera come on to stroll around.

    1. SWS you are correct. The manager has lost his passion. No more shouting orders from the touch line. He is so docile, at least the champions league spot is secured.

    2. The Vieira situation reminds me of Willian situation at Arsenal. Horrible season for both players, yet continue to get minutes and appearances and look worse each time.

      Almost like an effort to prove their right in bringing in the player, at the cost of others not getting chances.

      ESR had 10 goals last year, many as a sub, jokingly called “super sub.” Yet Vieira gets called on? His frail 14 year old physique did nothing, to no one’s surprise.

      Loan him then sell, he’s Luke a half price version of Pepe; frail, easily pushed around, no defense, and completely useless without tons of space and time.

    3. Reggie,
      Partey was on a yellow card. Ode should have remained. Tierney has loos predictable balls that put pressure on the team including the penalty. The pressure started from his bad pass to martineli. Without Zinco we have no calmness. Arsenal is do poor at high balls and we need to play to our strength- ground passes.
      I also don’t rate vierra, ESR should have come in instead and much earlier.

      1. Dont entirely agree, Tierney had a decent game. Zinchenko wasn’t missed at all. The problems were down to attitude and poor shape mainly. I dont get why Partey (yellow card or not) Odergaard and Tierney (to put xhaka at left back) were made. The team was weakened not strengthened.

    4. Reggie,
      Partey was on a yellow card. Ode should have remained. Tierney has loose predictable balls that put pressure on the team including the penalty. The pressure started from his bad pass to martineli. Without Zinco we have no calmness. Arsenal is do poor at high balls and we need to play to our strength- ground passes.
      I also don’t rate vierra, ESR should have come in instead and much earlier.

      1. Yes, i said, i dont care wether he was on a yellow card or not he should not have been replaced.

  78. We had so many chances, Saka was one on one with Flappy after the penalty, could’ve scored and knocked it tamely at Flappy. I don’t know why I just didn’t think he would score, based on the way he was playing. It would be nice to know what was the matter with S & P, and should he have taken the penalty, if for whatever reason, his mind wasn’t at the game?

  79. As others have said, shocking performance today. Two nil up against a poor west ham, one lapse of concentration and they fall to pieces. No excuses this time, no imaginary ‘anfield factor’ they allowed a poor, poor, team to come back into it, then dominate the game. In the end West Ham will be cursing themselves for not taking all three points. I’m not convinced we can beat Southampton playing like that, and a similar collapse of confidence, shape and individual performances will see city run up a cricket score. Indeed only their focus on europe and some heavy rotation at half time will stop a record defeat. In contrast to others here, I worry for next season. In the past when the team has fizzled out, but then gone on to do better next season, they’ve shown a mental steel this team clearly hasn’t got. Not only that, but the managers (graham, wenger) had the nous to get more out if them. Not convinced arteta has. Hopefully I will be forced to eat humble pie, they’ll recover and press onward and upwards, but…

  80. Hope so NY Gunner. She’ll most likely be doing that at Main Road. I’m dumbfounded though. I may not be the sharpest tool in the box but why take off Tierney and put Xhaka at fullback. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to simply take off Xhaka and replace him with Nelson. Then there is the Vierra issue. He is simply a miserable flop. Why is he given chance after chance? Unfortunately I think our season will be defined by our failure to bring in a quality midfielder in January. Those prematurely heralding Arsenal’s genius transfer moves will most likely have eggs on their face.

  81. I kind of missed the game by accident and I got to say I am taking it a little better because I did not watch it. I had this feeling people were talking about City dropping points but I worried it was Arsenal that was more vulnerable. I must admit as a huge Arteta fan the term ‘bottled’ will be used and rightly so in that context but for me I started to realize he is just not experienced enough at this stage. The players from what I am reading for sure are to blame but I have seen Mikel not making enough changes and being a little too stubborn like Wenger. In some ways this has been great for our title charge but it is detrimental in other ways. Now I am also not sure he will change a lot; he will learn but the timing of some subs like failing to take out Zinch last week while he was clearly struggling signaled to me he is still not quite ready. I see from comments that Saka and Partey struggled but he was late in subbing Thomas while Saka never came off. It is shame but I am still proud of the team. I am still holding out hope for a win at City but that looks nearly impossible and even if we did not likely to take max points from the rest.

  82. Also agree with Marge that next season is going to be a much tougher hurdle unless we get Canciedo, a wingback and another top notch forward. Also either bring back Balogan or sign Ferguson, the young kid at Brighton. He looks like everything Eddie N should be.

  83. Well worse than not making changes, making the wrong ones wow did he really put Xhaka at left back again. I am sorry but that has never worked for me when he did that last season. Sure he wants the whole inverted left back deal but at times it is just not a viable solution and I am not sure experience will sought that kind of thinking it terms of what does not work. MA has a lot of growth in terms of finding the appropriate solutions and alternative formations to thwart opposition research; as well as in game management to win the biggest trophies. One thing for sure we will have a better squad next season as we have had this one but how to use it will still be an issue at times. MInd you Pep is not perfect but I am impressed with his growth this season. Offcourse he has the luxury of unlimited funds but there is a thing to be said about how he has held back De after the world cup, subbing off Harland early in games, using Stones in midfield/defence after realizing that Bernardo at left back was disastrous. Hopefully MA can learn from his old mentor who by the way has not been able to win the champions league with City but maybe this year is the one.

  84. Irrespective of the Gunners dropping 4 points consecutively. And as a consequent, that could allow the Citizens a chance to close the gap on them to a point if they win their game in hand on them. And even overtake them on the table. But if they the Gunners lose to them in the top of the table big game match clash between the duo big teams at the Etihad next upper Wednesday night.
    However, as the 7 – 8 last matches that will determined who between Arsenal or Man City wins the Epl title this season have not been played yet.
    Arsenal who is the Elephant on top of the tree. Will not come down from the tree that it is on top of it. Or allowed itself to be forced down from it by Man City as the run-in games of the season pans on to the end.
    For the Gunners will wake up from their dozing off. And wake up fully showing their mettle incredibly to win all their remaining 7 matches of the the season on the bounce to win the title. And will win them all and lift the Epl title trophy as winners at season’s end.

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