For the second and last time in 2024, Arsenal traveled to West Ham on Saturday. More than nine months after a scathing 0-6 defeat last season on the 24th day, the Gunners were not far from being as strong as they won with a score of 2-5. Enough to allow them to temporarily recover second place in the ranking.
Everything happened very quickly in this London derby, and it was especially Arsenal who did not wait to set the pace. The visitors scored four goals with great regularity during the first period. It was first Gabriel who started the machine (10th), imitated by Leandro Trossard (27th), then Martin Odegaard (34th) and finally Kai Havertz (36th).
A crazy first period
West Ham, however, found a way to react and register two pawns, through Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Emerson, again before the break (38th and 40th). But Bukayo Saka, already a decisive double assist a little earlier, gave Arsenal a three-goal lead by converting a penalty (45th+5), the second in favor of the visitors. Enough to return to the locker room with a crazy score of 2-5).
Spectacular, the first act was finally the one where the players gave everything. Nothing more will happen in the second half and Mikel Arteta will take the opportunity to rotate his squad a little. In the standings, Arsenal are therefore provisionally second, while West Ham stagnates much lower, in fourteenth place.
