Arsenal, which started the season badly, as the season deepened, gradually let the fans see the effect of high investment, although in the context of Manchester City and Liverpool dominating the Premier League, they do not have the strength to compete for the title, but once proved that their name of the four crazy devils is not a waste, but from the 31st round of the league they have lost to Crystal Palace, Brighton and Southampton, three consecutive defeats also let the Gunners give up the initiative to fight for the four major battles to Tottenham, but after finding the state, Arsenal began to attack the city, Defeated Chelsea and Manchester United in two consecutive games and suppressed Tottenham Hotspur in the table again, but if you want to laugh to the end, you must play better in the next game! In the 35th round of the Premier League, Arsenal away to challenge the Hammers to help West Ham United, the latter in the seventh place in the table and still has the hope of impacting the Europa League, so all three points is the common goal of the two teams, after the game began, the two teams played back and forth, but Arsenal's two major centre-backs became the saviors of the team, while completing the defensive task well, the offensive end also made both achievements, and finally Arsenal defeated West Ham United 2-1 and returned to the fourth place in the table!
In this game, Arteta gave the young players the opportunity to show themselves, the front line continued to trust the young Nketia, and the back line gave the new signing Tavares who had just joined the team this season the opportunity, but these two young players almost ruined Arsenal's four major achievements, Nketia did not have a strong sense of existence, the only few shooting opportunities were not seized, and Tavares became a time bomb for the team's defense.
Just after the start of the game, Tavares was counter-attacked by the Hammers on a pass error, and in the 22nd minute, It was Tavares who stopped the ball too much and almost made a mistake, after withstanding West Ham United's opening attack, the Gunners took the lead in the 38th minute to break the deadlock, center-back Holdin used corner kick tactics to shake the goal, helping Arsenal to take a 1-0 lead, West Ham United, who was behind the score, then launched a counterattack, and in the 40th minute they also used the corner to form a very threatening header. However, it was saved by Arsenal goalkeeper Ramsdale on the goal line, but in the last moments of the first half, Bowen's low shot in the box left Ramsdale helpless, and the Hammers pulled the score to a 1-1 draw.
In the 55th minute after the start of the second half, Gabriel was also unwilling, after receiving a pass from his teammate in the penalty area, he nodded the ball into the goal and helped Arsenal take the lead again, the score also came to 2-1, the two major centre-backs played the role of knife guards, in the 72nd minute Arsenal quickly completed the offensive and defensive conversion after successful defense, creating a one-knife ball opportunity for Nketija, but unfortunately his shot did not hit the target, missed the opportunity to kill suspense for the team, Both sides then created some threatening attacking opportunities, but unfortunately neither was able to score, and the 2-1 score also maintained the end of the game.
In the previous game, Spurs beat Leicester City, temporarily overtaking Arsenal to rise to the fourth place in the table, and with the victory of this game, the Gunners regained their fourth place, this victory in addition to Arsenal fans are very happy, Manchester United fans are also secretly happy, after all, if West Ham Win, they will squeeze Manchester United to the seventh position in the Premier League, then the Red Devils will lose even the qualification to participate in the Europa League, and can only participate in the third level of the European Union!