*Goals: Lingard 15′, Bowen 17′, Soucek 32′ – Soucek (own goal) 38′, Dawson (own goal) 61′, Lacazette 82′.
The match between one side is the dark horse of the season and the other side is a giant looking for a way to revive with a strong personal impression.
This is the fifth goal Lingard has scored against Arsenal, the most of any team he has ever faced.
Lacazette continues to show high performance, helping Arsenal revive.
One of those two assists came two minutes after the opening goal.
From here, the main character position of the match was transferred to Tomas Soucek.
But six minutes later, Soucek’s own goal helped Arsenal shorten the score.
Lingard continues to show high form since joining West Ham.
The shortened goal helped Arsenal raise hope of a comeback in the second half and they succeeded.
Arsenal needed another opponent’s own goal to score.
West Ham is the first team to concede two goals in one match since Swansea in the match against Arsenal in January 2017.
Soucek went from scoring to scoring in just a few minutes.
The momentum was high, Arsenal pushed the team through the opponent’s field.
Antonio even made Arsenal’s goal post vibrate when he cut off Said Benrahma’s cross.
With this draw, Arsenal surpassed Aston Villa to take ninth place.
Squad
West Ham: Fabianski, Cresswell, Coufal, Diop, Dawson, Rice, Soucek, Bowen (Noble 74′), Lingard, Benrahma (Fredericks 79′), Antonio.
Arsenal: Leno, Tierney, Mari, Chambers, Luiz, Partey, Xhaka (Smith-Rowe 74′), Saka (Pepe 74′), Odegaard, Aubameyang (Martinelli 81′), Lacazette.