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Arsenal swallowed the opportunity to close the gap on the Premier League leaders Liverpool as they fell to shock 1-0 defeat at West Ham’s home.
The Jarrod Bowen header at halftime proved to be a difference in the frustrating afternoon for Sikel Arteta, who ended the match with ten men after being replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly.
The result means that Gunners missed the opportunity to reduce Liverpool lead to five points and make the country in this season’s title race.
For West Ham, however, the victory will be welcomed by the reinforcement of the new chief of Graham Potter, who has struggled to change the wealth of Hammers since he assumed his duty in early January.
Leaving northern London with three points 😃 pic.twitter.com/aogqgjwawz
– West Ham United (@westham) 22. February 2025
As the action took place
Gunners started a comprehensive affair, but failed to break through the strict defense of the hammer.
The frustration seemed to crawl as Arththa struggled to break the deadlock. Mikel Merino couldn’t turn to Thomas Partya’s ball goal, while Martin Odegaard switched from the edge of the box.
Visitors constantly grew into the game and had the chances that Tomas Soucek had twice failed to enter the header.
Then, the 44-minute, West Ham silenced the domestic audience after getting to know the cross of Aaron Wan-Bissake on the right and buried the ball into the net with a diving header.
The strike of Jarrod Bowen against Arsenal means he now has 50 goals in the Premier League.
He is the second West Ham player who hit the turning point, behind only Michail Antonio (68) 👏 pic.twitter.com/6wnkfypqef
– Football on TNT Sports (@footballlontnt) 22. February 2025
The game opened after the holiday, and Bowen approached the doubling of the advantage of visitors.
The afternoon was missed by the missed opportunities for Arsenal, and their frustration was complex when the replacement of Lewis-Skelly was fired after demolishing Mohammed Kudus in 73 minutes.
A teenage defender initially shown a yellow card, but the decision was upgraded to red after checking VAR.
Despite the numerical lack, Arsenal has grown forward in search of equalization. But Potter’s side held firmly to record a famous victory.
As the minutes marked and the Gunners were throwing bodies into the field, the artea at the touch line cut the increasingly desperate figure, knowing that the significant opportunity in the title race went.
