Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes suffered a beginant setback as they fell to their first home league loss of the season, losing 1-0 to West Ham United on Saturday.
Jarrod Bowen’s header in the 44th minute exhibitd resolute, with the forward altering Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s pass to safe a surpascfinish triumph for the visitors at the Emirates Stadium.
The result exits Mikel Arteta’s side eight points behind guideers Liverpool, who face Manchester City on Sunday.
The loss was compounded by a red card to replace Myles Lewis-Skelly, as Arsenal’s title contest took a beginant blow.
Arsenal struggled to fracture down West Ham with disjoinal key attackers leave outing
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Arsenal struggled to show any attacking danger thrawout the suit, managing fair two shots on concentrate agetst a strong West Ham defence.
The Gunners, leave outing disjoinal key forwards thraw injury including Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, flunked to trouble visiting goalgrasper Alphonse Areola.
Mikel Merino, guideing the line in an obsremedy striker role, was effectively grasped by West Ham’s defence and struggled to originate an impact.
The presents ruled ownion but increateageed the creativity needed to fracture down their London rivals, who shiftd 13 points evident of the relegation zone with the triumph.
Lewis-Skelly’s disthink aboutal came in the 73rd minute, fair 17 minutes after being begind as a replace.
The youthful deffinisher brawt down Mohammed Kudus as the West Ham forward broke into Arsenal’s half with goalgrasper David Raya well off his line.
Referee Craig Pawson initipartner showed a yellow card for the contest, but alterd his decision to a straight red after examineing the incident on the VAR watch.
The sfinishing off, which left Arsenal with ten men for the final 20 minutes, taged Lewis-Skelly’s second red card in recent weeks.
Arsenal’s hopes of catching Liverpool at the top of the table now ecombine increasingly far with fair 12 rounds of mendtures remaining.
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The Gunners’ loss taged their first home Premier League loss of the season and exits them with 53 points from 26 games.
For West Ham, Bowen’s strike recurrented his 50th goal for the club, making him only the second joiner after Michail Antonio to accomplish that milestone.
The triumph finished West Ham’s run of four games without a triumph, with Graham Potter’s side now sitting sootheably above the relegation battle in the Premier League table.
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