Eddie Nketiah came from the bench to score the winning goal when Arsenal scored a 2–1 win over a much-improved West Ham at Emirates Stadium on Saturday Night Football.
The Hammers had been unrecognizable since they succumbed to Newcastle on the opening day, generating a show full of effort and power to quell the Gunners for big plays.
Arsenal moved against the race in the 25th minute, when Alexandre Lacazette strongly controlled a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang centre, but oversteered to the edge of rest through Michail Antonio.
The Hammers seemed ready to win the game in a dominant demonstration in the middle of the moment, Antonio crushed a headbutt opposite the crossbar, but Nketiah struck five minutes from the end to make two wins of two for the Gunners and render West Ham useless. .
West Ham has been particularly ahead of its abject defeat on the opening day against Newcastle, as a disciplined defensive demonstration and a strong risk of counterattack frustrated the Gunners from the start.
But a moment of magic from the Aubameyang talisman secured the Hammers in the 25th minute as their best cross sent through his surprising wife Lacazette for their 50th goal in all competitions for the club.
West Ham was unhappy. Aubameyang was not caught offside on the VAR rise, and hammer frustrations worsened soon after when Gabriel Magalhaes walked away from punishment when a center hit his arm in the area.
But just as it looked like Arsenal had reached the period with the headbutt, West Ham defended himself when Antonio implemented the ultimate touch to Ryan Fredericks’ center at the end of a quick counterattack in the half-time shot.
Gabriel’s intervention prevented Antonio from putting West Ham in charge in the 53rd minute when Bernd Leno kept the ball on Arsenal’s line of purpose.
Antonio controlled to get Leno out in the 67th minute, to see his headbutt outside the goal frame, and a ruthless turn came five minutes from the end for Arsenal to regain the lead.
Bukayo Saka’s clever pass saw Dani Ceballos escape the trap of contempt and the Spaniard faced replacement Nketiah, who stroked the winner in the 8 minutes of West Ham after his arrival as Mikel Arteta’s appearance survived the toughest trials.
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta: “I am really satisfied with the 3 points, but we have a lot to look at because there have been so many disorders that we have created in many moments. We want a lot of things. “
“Yes [they gave us one], but we created many opportunities to win the match and gave too many opportunities that were our fault.
“What I liked about the boys’ technique, gave up in the last 25 minutes, within a few months we would have tied or lost this game. In the end, we have to locate a path because we’re going to have games like this. throughout the season. “
David Moyes, coach of West Ham: “It’s a challenging result, the very well played with a lot of effort, so not being rewarded with some problems is complicated for us.
“We didn’t win the game and disconnect when we shouldn’t. We had the opportunity to score and make smart opportunities, but we couldn’t take advantage of them. Disconnect as we did in the last few minutes. He was a criminal.
“In fact, we have had a penalty; hits the child’s arm and could even have been a penalty under the old regulations. But who knows what the regulations are?”
While Arsenal were far from being the most productive in attack, as was noted at Fulham last week, the complexity nonetheless pushed the Gunners past a cursed West Ham squad and none played a more important role than Dani Ceballos, who provided a natural quality moment to set up Nketiah for the winner with a graceful dart and a disinterested square pass. And if that wasn’t enough, Ceballos’s assist drew a line below the dispute between him and Nketiah. when the two left the area smiling a week after their confrontation at Craven Cottage.
Arsenal will go to Leicester in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday at 19. 45 hours before arriving in Anfield the following week for a football clash on Monday night at 8. 15 am against the Liverpool Champions, live by Sky Sports Premier League.
West Ham welcomes Hull to the Carabao Cup on Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. before the Wolves at London Stadium on Sunday at 7 p. m.