Arsenal sent a resounding message to their title rivals with a commanding six-nil victory over West Ham this afternoon. Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, and every player donning the Arsenal shirt relentlessly pressured West Ham throughout the match, leaving them with no respite.
Mikel Arteta’s men began the game with clear determination, continuously bombarding the West Ham goal whenever they gained possession. Arsenal’s fullbacks and wide players initiated the onslaught by consistently delivering crosses into the West Ham area, disrupting the hosts’ defence.
Although the breakthrough came in the 32nd minute, Arsenal seized control thereafter, with four goals scored in the final fifteen minutes of the first half. This dominance prompted many West Ham fans to leave the stadium at halftime.
Arsenal remained focused, adding two more goals within three minutes in the second half to seal the victory putting to bed any hopes of an unlikely comeback from the Hammers.
Even with the introduction of five substitutions including 16-year-old Ethan Nwaneri, Arsenal continued to dominate proceedings near the West Ham area. The year 2024 has proven to be remarkable for the Gunners, fueling hopes that the Premier League title might make its way back to the Emirates Stadium. Overall, it was a thoroughly enjoyable performance for Arsenal fans.
Incredible Arsenal, but they need to maximize their abundant clear-cut chances if they want to win UCL or EPL. Odegaard was tireless and everywhere, whereas Rice’s corner kick was accurate
Looking at the way odegard has created chances its criminal that he has only got that much assist which has surely taken off some of the recognition he should have got. And Arsenal should reserve this creativity in other game also, and set up attacking play with purpose just like today. Let’s get going.
He’s been sacrificing his personal glory for his team, by pressing tirelessly to make the opposition panic
If he chased the assist stats and wanted to break the records, he could’ve stayed in the final-third longer. But Arteta would surely not like a lazy creative AM or no 10 and our defenders would suffer due to the minimal high-press
Exactly 12 big chance created 5 assists
how lost count of how many times he delivered a perfect pass only for the attacker to fumble it.
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Vz, agree Odegaard’s vision and passing should have resulted in far more goals, except for the profligate Arsenal forwards.
Odegaard is ozil reincarnated
Not quite there yet Duncan, but I take your point – he is starting to show it in every game now, no matter who the opposition is.
Odegaard is a much more complete and better player than Ozil
Odegaard leads from the front, tireless running, pressing defending from first to last whistle…and delivers goals and assists
Ozil only did the latter and rarely turned up for the big games when we needed him most
selfless vs selfish
I would pick Odegaard in my team every day of the week over Ozil
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Can’t enjoy the game without saying your usual “but they need to do this and that” I don’t think you will have a great week if you don’t do that. If we win 50 nil you will see something not done right. Sigh.
Yes fine response.
How can you criticise that performance
amazing win. we destroyed them. well done boys COYG
At the moment i think arsenal can beat any team in the world, only problem is consistency
Brilliant performance in what could have been a potential banana skin. Huge boost with the goal difference as well.
The only worry was how thread bair the bench was. For anyone wondering how City always wins the league, just look at their bench against Everton. Very scary!!
That’s a big concern. I don’t think we will ever get a strong bench as city but we need to get rid of injury prone players if we want to close the gap. The usual suspect of Partey, ESR, Jesus, and Tomi need replacing. It doesn’t matter how good they are if they are rarely available.
Thrashed and it was easy! We were fantastic and those saying that West Ham weren’t in some way poor are smoking something. We caused them a ton of problems and it looked like they eventually just gave up.
Great to see Nwaneri getting some minutes even though he probably could’ve gotten more. He looked really good again. I’ll never understand some “fans” not wanting our youth to get valuable game time especially in a game that’s already won.
Interesting to see this win without Jorginho playing, think it’s safe to say we have lots of options available.
Building up good momentum for our Porto game. Proud of the manager and boys today!
I really thought the gaffer was going to being on ruells walters but he put in cedric who may never play for arsenal again if we dont have another 6-0 win. And you right i also thought nwaneri should of come on with the first 3 to come on game was already won but great job to raya today im liking him more and more
I thought last week was amazing but the team – with some of the regular starters missing – were peerless today. They never stopped creating chances even when the match was well won.
It was difficult to come up with a standout player because they were all good, however, I’d give special mentions to Trossard, Saka, Martinelli, Rice and Odegaard. Then, I’ll give a loud shout out to the rest. It was a gruelling watch for the Hammers’ fans who also must have wondered what had hit them. It was a tidal wave of yellow relentlessly roving forward.
The only but in all of this, is that West Ham were pretty awful from about 15 minutes into the game until the end
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Close to the end, they did try to up their game. But it was a futile effort. So they resorted to being overly physical…
They wasn’t all good one player in the starting 11 was average at best. None of the subs would have scored above 6 imo.
Team performance was top level which lead to a great win.
I respect your opinion that the subs were not at the same level as the first 11. However I do think that there wasn’t the same level of pressure on them and the remaining players were on a roll and on reflection, they were the ones I was thinking of
SueP, also solid at the back, with 2 CB’s scoring goals. West Ham were not given a look in in attack by Arsenal’s midfield and defence. Overall great closing down, pressure and defense from the attacking third back.
Yes, you’re right ozziegunner- I should have mentioned that. The goals from Saliba and Gabriel were priceless too
Great win.😊😍
We Need Partey back ASAP! 🙏
And Ben White should play as Centre back in our next match against Burnley.
Declan Rice and Saliba needs rest as we go into the EPL and UCL run in.🙂
forget Partey, we are doing just fine without him
taking up salary and squad place for nothing, best days well behind him, build for the future not the past
time to move on, the team already has!
Nwaneri was fantastic
Odegaard was untouchable today. What a performance today. Thats two matches in a row the opposition has essentially had zero goal scoring opportunities. incredible! And so happy we are making excellent decisions in the final third and scoring goals. 10/10 all around
Totally agree ode was everywhere dictating play and back to his super smoothness in the last few games great to see and also agree 10 out 10 all round was hard to knock anyone down today proper performance from everyone. Oh how sweet revenge is after how that game at the ems went. Onward and upwards COYG 😉
We still played better in the last game and deserved win but we were not clinical and lost. But this time we had that clinical factor and we can see the result.
Scoring first was crucial, as West Ham gave up their low block and completely lost their shape.
👍RSH, Martin Odegaard had one of his best games of what has been a consistent and hard working season as Arsenal captain. All we need now is for him to be a bit more selfish and take more shots on goal, to increase his goals scored to last season’s level.
Timber, Partey, Vieira, Tomiyasu, Jesus, ESR, and Zinchenko were out today. 6-0 away win! Against top-half opposition. Enough said. Last year was supposed to be our only ever chance and here we are with injuries still in the discussion with the greats in Liv/City and Kloop/Pep. Narratives will narrative but reality will always actually exist. Let’s go! Onwards!
It’s been a while on JA. Academics has reduced my time for football a lot, but I was able to watch today’s match and I must say we’re too strong for those guys. Nice win. COYG
Thank you Wet Spam, very kind of you. 6-0 is good, very good, I just feel there was even more goals against the statues of Wet Spam. You can only beat whats in front of you, and generally we did a good job. The only real minus on a good day was the performance of Kiwior, he tried his hardest to get Wet Spam into the contest. We seem to struggle with that LB position. There was a lot more fluidity up front today and we will see how that progresses over the next few games.
It seems churlish to find fault today Reggie, but I do agree that Kiwior wasn’t as good as the rest. He gave away possession in the first few minutes which seemed to prompt Gabriel to either not pass to him when it was sensible to do so- or moving the ball to the right side instead
I say what I see Sue and on a good, easy day, Kiwior was amazingly bad. But luckily today it was not a problem. On a note to excuse him, he isnt a left back. Im surprised also, how not any metion of how good Trossard was first half. So clever.
In the previous article I did describe Trossard as a little dynamo, Reggie. He was everywhere, but so was Odegaard. It was an unbelievable afternoon aided and abetted by a hapless display by West Ham. Hopefully the momentum remains for the weeks ahead
Trossard, is a class player Sue. It still amazes ne that Arteta kept him on the sub bench at the end of last season. He is a class act.
We both agree on that
Plus 1, SueP and Reggie, on Trossard and Odegaard. Trossard is Arsenal’s most clinical goal scorer.
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We were missing Zinchenko, Timber, and Tomiyasu who could play that role. I thought given his massive inexperience and overall lack of game time that he did rather well. His early at 0-0 intervention with Kudos was important and wasn’t easy.
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He prevented a clear-cut chance at 0-0 isn’t that more important especially considering he’s 4th choice LB and a CB by trade?
An incredibly lame performance from the West Ham players. They look uninterested and sick of Moyes’ negative tactics. Still, it was there for us to take advantage of that and they did with aplomb. West Ham were fortunate it was only 6!
Great team win on the road!
Total futbol.
Playing faster almost everywhere.
Early substitutions.
Clean sheet!
Let’s go!
In the immortal words of Etta James
At Last
No mention of Havertz I notice – perhaps fans are starting to realize that you simply CANNOT give a performance like this, while carrying a so called “chelsea reject!!”
I think Saliba should also be recognised for his goal that unlocked West Ham’s defence for our best ever PL away result.
Someone mentioned our subs bench and compared it to city’s (sorry but I can’t remember who it was) but with Tomiyasu, Partey, ESR Gabriel and Jorginho featuring on the bench, our depth CAN be compared to city’s and I still maintain that the PL title is within our grasp.
Fantastic result, well done to all the players and the manager – what sweet revenge!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Natural, those who believe Havertz should be given a fair crack and that Arteta and more importantly the backroom staff should be given credit for what they have done in/out accept this as a normal performance. Those who want him out and believe that our transfer business despite all evidence is awful don’t want to comment because he was good,
These considerations do not fit certain narratives. Havertz has become an increasingly effective player over time. His versatility has been really useful. Both the player and the manager/coaches deserve credit for his progression.
Havertz did nothing good or too bad to deserve a mention from what I saw.
Fantastic result to the Gunners! Moyes must be reeling though at the lame Hammers performance. Usually very good defensively but had Saka not missed his two great chances we could be in second place on goal difference. We need to take our chances if we want to win the EPL! Still, VERY HAPPY! COYG!!
I agree. Should have been 9.0 at least. We really need a top striker….
To be fair Toney, Vlahovic, Osihmen, etc. give us a different dimension and a different option (all despite not being as clinical offer more than Haaland support-wise.) Not a pointless suggestion but an overplayed one when all other arguments have run out. Desperate.
Why our own fans would be “desperate” for us to fail is anyone’s guess. I’ve never been able to make head nor tail of it.
yesterday, and Liverpool before that, demonstrated the exact opposite
Sorry 1886, that was very toungue in cheek!
not at all
6 nil
on xG 3.63
at the end of the season we have a tough choices to make, with a limited budget
with Partey, Elneny and Jorginho currently all on course to leave then we need two defensive midfielders to replace those three
we also lack depth in quality in defence, Arteta has said so himself, and we have seen it
a winger to provide cover for Saka
suddenly we realise we don’t have enough money for all those positions
then through in a ‘top striker’, one that scores 30 goals a season (so not Toney, only 14 non-pen goals in prem), so probably +£100m given half the clubs in the world need the same
our dilemma is all our money on one player in one position
when the facts are we are scoring just as many goals as Liverpool, and even Man C who have the freak of nature Haarland
so while we could benefit from a ‘top striker’, so could Liverpool, Man U, Chelsea, Spurs…
striker is not actually our area of biggest need vs other positions, particularly defensive midfield
Who is this top striker that everyone talking about?
oh apologies, you were being tongue in cheek
i get it, 9 nil
apologies, my bad
glad to have another capable of balanced thinking
Good game, great win.
One more goal and we complete the “west ham” spelling and most importantly go second above City on GD, but it is what it is, so we move. A trip to Burnley next. COYG!!!
Missed the game, but have just looked up the score while commuting to work, here in Sydney. Revenge couldn’t be sweeter. Hope the Rice boo boys choked with envy.
2 games to show what we are capable of doing. If these performances can translate into consistency, we can handle our own against the best clubs.
Tactics, performances, it all came together for a fantastic show. Well done lads and Arteta, well done.
Our captain Martin Odegaard is the most important player in the squad. His presence, his energy and his valor are unparalleled in world football. Have you seen anyone cover more blades of grass in EPL than our skipper? If our forwards were more clinical, Odegaard would have noted the highest assist this season. He looked only to play for his teammates, never for himself. He rarely gets subbed, rarely gets injured, rarely commits foul or cards, never complains, never moans and never quits. At just 25 years old, we unusually got a veteran head with outstanding top club experience leading our team every match day. What a captain!
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“Who put the ball in the West Ham net, half our f..king team did.”. Best chant of the day. Sixteen goals in four games, looks like Arteta has told the team to take their foot of the handbrake, we are playing like we did at the beginning of the start of last season. Could it be that Arteta realised the team burnt out and has held them back, best defence in the PL as well
Arsenal’s biggest ever away win in the club’s history came in 1935, when the club beat Aston Villa 7-1 in the English first division. And Ted Drake scored every single goal for the club that day. nice bit of history there