At 4:00 Beijing time on December 16, the 17th round of the Premier League focused battle, West Ham United away to challenge Arsenal. In the first half, Tierney's long-range shot bounced off the crossbar, and in the second half Lacazette assisted Martinezer to score first, before he conceded a penalty. In the 87th minute, Smith Rowe killed the match and West Ham United lost 0-2.
Moyes and Arteta are old acquaintances, and the latter has worked together during his time at Everton. It was a veritable attempt to duel and the 600th game of Moyes' Premier League coaching career.
In the 40th minute, Erdegaard and Saka played a dazzling combination, Xhaka's shot was blocked, Tierney followed up with a long-range shot, a left foot shot a leaf drop, Fabianski flew to pounce on the crossbar and pop up.
In the 47th minute, Lacazette sent a precise cross, Martinelli followed up, and a right-footed push into the far corner broke the goal, and West Ham United fell behind 0-1.
In the 68th minute, Arsenal launched a counter-attack after a steal in front of the field, Andyfer brought down Lacazette in the box and the referee signaled a penalty. Subsequently, Cao Faer also received his second personal yellow card and was expelled from the field with a red card.
Moyes was very puzzled by this decision, and spread his hands on the sidelines and shouted helplessly.
However, Lacazette failed to take advantage of the opportunity and his penalty was saved by Fabianski and West Ham United escaped.
In the 87th minute, Benrahma's front was cut off, Saka counter-attacked the ball, Smith Royce shot from a distance, Fabianski stood in place to watch, the score became 2-0, dousing the hope of West Ham United counterattack.
The 0-2 game left Moyes humiliated and unable to beat Arsenal for 8 consecutive years. In addition, West Ham United suffered two consecutive rounds of no wins, losing 5 points in a draw and losing.
This season, West Ham United once became the nemesis of the strong team, beating Liverpool and Chelsea successively to become the brightest dark horse, and Moyes also shouted to compete for four. But as the season progressed, West Ham United, which was fighting on multiple fronts, suffered a wave of injuries and suffered a sharp decline in form.
After this game, the pattern of scrambling for four changed dramatically, with Arsenal finishing fourth with 29 points, West Ham United dropping to 5th with 28 points and Manchester United in 6th with 27 points! However, due to the epidemic, The match between Manchester United and Brentford was postponed, and they had the advantage of one round of the less round.
Arsenal starters: 32 Ramsdale, 3 Tierney, 4 Ben White, 6 Gabriel, 18 Fuan, 5 Thomas, 34 Xhaka, 8 Erdegaard (65' 10 Smith Rowe), 7 Saka, 35 Martinelli (81' 30 Nketiah), 9 Lacazette (87' 20 Tavares)
West Ham starters: 1-Fabianski, 5-Schoffal, 15-Dawson, 23-Diop, 26-Masuyaku, 8-Fornals (83' 50-Ashby), 10-Lancini (75' 22-Benrahma), 20-Bowen, 28-Shoček, 41-Rice, 9-Antonio