da lvbet： Another Saturday of Premier League football has come to and, once again, it’s was an afternoon of torment for those West Ham fans watching on.
da cassino： The Irons came into the game against Arsenal feeling they perhaps could have got something after drawing at Manchester United last time out in the league but things quickly suggested only one side was going to win it.
The Gunners were by no means scintillating, but they didn’t need to be. They were, however, very comfortable throughout.
It looked like a classic ‘1-0 to the Arsenal’ result after Mesut Ozil’s goal seemed the difference from the first-half, but both sides then decided they’d put on a goalscoring exhibition.
For the fast depleting London Stadium crowd it was quite something to behold towards the end in a mental passage of play that saw Alexis Sanchez grab a 14-minute hat-trick, Andy Carroll net a consolation and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain score a fine effort from outside of the box.
In the end, the goals dried up and 1-5 it finished to the Gunners leaving West Ham right in the relegation scrap.
A strange old game, then, and here are FIVE things we learned about it…
West Ham are properly in trouble
The feeling around West Ham is that they shouldn’t be where they are in the table, but the matter of fact is they are in a precarious position and they need to acknowledge it fast.
It’s all well and good thinking you should be higher up but if you can’t actually prove it, it means nothing. Games against the likes of Arsenal won’t define the Hammers’ season but they quickly need to turn things around.
Arsenal do what Arsenal do best
If you need a side to beat a team that are struggling for form then Arsenal are the outfit to back.
Winning this kind of game is a real habit and one that the Gunners duly indulged in once again against the men from east London. They never looked that under threat whilst they also seemed pretty happy to stay in second gear for most of the game before cracking home four goals towards the end of the match.
Ashley Fletcher deserves a proper run
It’s not all bad West Ham fans, as Ashley Fletcher looks like a genuine prospect.
He may be young but he’s certainly got no fear and he showed some nice touches in this game. With Andy Carroll back, too, it could be time for the Hammers to go back to the old fashioned 4-4-2 and just have a right go at sides with two powerful players up top. Bilic needs to roll the dice and Fletcher has to be a part of his plans.
Actually, Mesut Ozil frustrates
This isn’t to say Ozil had a poor game today, in fact, he did a decent job, but it begs the question: where was he against Manchester United or PSG recently?
Once again the German suggested that against the teams you’d expect the Gunners to beat he’s more than happy to pull his finger out, but when the going gets tough, he’s the first to shrink away. It’s something that really needs to be thought about.
Hammers need serious investment
This West Ham team is incredibly poor.
Last season’s squad is largely still about but it’s been added to, in the main, by a collection of players who are evidently past it, not good enough or simply do not care about wearing the claret and blue shirt. Slaven Bilic needs to completely tear this team up and start again because they look like a bunch of players that have never met before in their life and that would have problems down the park, let alone in the Premier League.