This evening the Gunners missed the chance to go back to the top of the table on a night best described as deeply frustrating .
Huge credit must go to West Ham, who had a clear game plan and delivered. They have consequently gone up to sixth in the table, and David Moyes has finally won Arsenal at the Emirates.
West Ham came to the Emirates and showed clearly that the post Rice era was not a flop as many predicted.
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Arsenal’s miserable night became complete when Declan Rice slipped in the penalty area and brought down Emerson as he stretched for the ball.
The spot-kick taken by Benrahma’s was saved by David Raya, who goes the right way and gets both hands to the ball.
The home side recorded the most touches in the opposition box without finding the net since Opta began their records in 2008-09.
It paints a picture of both the discipline and determination of the West Ham defence as well as the impotence of Arsenal’s attack.
In all tonight’s result for West Ham means a lot, having achieved their first win over the Gunners since 2015. The victory, David Moye’s first-ever at the home of Arsenal is sure a morale booster.
For the Mikel Arteta’s team, they weren’t quite at it tonight and they were made to pay. Soucek opened the scoring before Mavropanos headed in the second after the break.
Arsenal will go smoking some other time but they’ll be bitterly disappointed to lose this one after seeing two of their rivals for the title picking up wins.
