Score: West Ham United 0 – Arsenal 1
This was a very hard fought game by both West Ham United and Arsenal, but in the end Premiership Leaders Arsenal, maintained their superb start to their season with this victory.
Robin Van Persie scored the only goal of the game from a close range header in the 13th minute of play, and this was enough to seal the victory for Arsenal and give them their eighth consecutive win of the season so far. Recent statistics show that West Ham have performed well against arsenal, winning both of their clashes against them last season when west ham were fighting relegation from the Premiership League, however the gunners are currently in superb form and started the game very brightly. Throughout the game West Ham continued to take the match to Arsenal, but the gunners were playing a very defensive game and they used the off side trap against West Ham very well. When the hosts did manage to get behind Arsenal’s defence, they just couldn’t find that all important cross into the danger zone. Lee Bower was penalised at the other end for hand ball, which was just outside of the area on the right. Mathieu Flamini took the shot for Arsenal from 20 yards, but the West Ham goal keeper made a great save and got down well to save it.
Match Quotes -
Alan Curbishley – “We competed as well as we could and we’re disappointed we couldn’t get back in it. If we had, it would have been anyone’s match, but Arsenal defended very well and got bodies in the way.”
Arsene Wenger – “There’s room for improvement but I am very proud of what the team is achieving at the moment. I believe we can challenge. We are very young, but we have to show we can eke out results.”
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