West Ham United 3-3 Arsenal: Gunners rescue point from 3-0 down

Alexandre Lacazette’s header saves a point for Arsenal.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his team’s performance would give them nightmares after the Gunners’ 3-0 defeat to West Ham in the Premier League.

The Hammers took the lead at the London Stadium thanks to Jesse Lingard, Jarrod Bowen and Thomas Soucek, who converted a header from Michael Antonio.

But striker Alexandre Lacazette equalised late on after an own goal from Soucek and Craig Dawson provided an unlikely comeback.

This game is going to give me nightmares, because it’s very hard to stop some of the things we’ve been hurt with. Arteta told Sport.

The result leaves the Hammers fifth, two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, while Arsenal overtook Aston Villa to finish ninth.

We cannot have two surfaces.

West Ham 3-3 Arsenal: The coach of The Gunners finds the goals against of his team unacceptable.

Arteta was full of praise for his team’s second half, saying it was [Arsenal’s] best game of the season.

With a 3-0 defeat, Arsenal will almost certainly lose the race for the European places.

Lacazette gave the Gunners hope by scoring the opening goal for Arsenal just before half-time with a volley that was deflected by Soucek.

In the 61st. Dawson was able to cut the deficit back in the 57th minute after a cross from Calum Chambers, before the French striker equalised late on after good work from Nicolas Pepe.

That’s the level we can show, Artema added. We could have scored six or seven goals and won the game, but we can’t have two faces.

We stuck to the plan we had because we wanted to get out of here. We thought we could do something.

A defeat would have created a 10-point gap between the two sides and possibly ended Arsenal’s hopes of qualifying for the European tournament by a six-goal margin.

And while there will be questions about the poor performance in the first half, Arteta will be pleased with his side’s superb response to a disciplined West Ham.

Another good point

Jesse Lingard has scored five goals in eight games against Arsenal in all competitions.

After taking a 3-0 lead, it looked like David Moyes’ West Ham would be level with Chelsea at the end of the day.

It’s always a good point, Moyes told Sport. It would have been nice to take two more points, but we didn’t lose too much today.

Manchester United’s Lingard opened the scoring with a brilliant volley and gave Bowen a quick free kick 98 seconds later that flew past Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno into the net.

Soucek appeared to give West Ham complete control, but even as Arsenal’s comeback accelerated, the hosts created regular chances.

Antonio converted Said Benrahma’s cross on the back line and Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney blocked Bowen’s effort on goal for a 3-2 lead.

We were playing against a very good team, Moyes added. Sometimes people forget what we’re dealing with. We had chances to get out of sight, but we couldn’t take advantage of them.

West Ham have not finished above Arsenal in the league since 1985-86, but are still seven points clear of the Cannons.

A place in Europe, whatever that may be, would be a significant achievement for a club that finished just five points off the relegation zone last season. Despite the disappointment of being two points behind on Sunday, a top-four finish is still possible with nine games to go.

West Ham 3-3 Arsenal: David Moyes as Hammer sends the ball back.

Another double own goal for Arsenal – stat

  • West Ham failed to win after three goals in a Premier League match for the first time since September 1998 (4-3 defeat against Wimbledon).
  • It is the third time this season in the Premier League that a team leads by three goals and fails to win (also West Brom 3-3 against Chelsea and Spurs 3-3 against West Ham) – it is the record since 2010/11 (also three).
  • West Ham have won just one of their last 11 league games against Arsenal (D3 L7) and have not won any of their last four games (D1 L3).
  • That game against Arsenal (32 minutes) was the earliest West Ham had scored three goals in a Premier League match since May 2007 against Bolton (29 minutes).
  • Jesse Lingard scored his fifth goal for Arsenal in all competitions, the most goals scored against an opponent in his professional career.
  • West Ham are the first team to score two solitary goals in the same Premier League match since Swansea in January 2017, also against Arsenal.

What’s the next step?

West Ham travel to the Premier League after the international break on Monday the 5th. April (20:15 BST), at Wolves, while Arsenal visit on Sunday, 4. April (16:30 BST), Liverpool host.

Lines

West Ham

4-2-3-1 formation

1Fabric

5Coufal15Dawson23Diop3Cresswell

28Cooking41Rice

20Bowen11Lingard9Benrahma

30Antonio

  • 1Fabric
  • 5QuaffleBaked in 59 minutes.
  • 15Dawson
  • 23Diope
  • 3CresswellView in 89min
  • 28Bitch.
  • 41Ris
  • 20Bowenplaced byNobleat74’minutes
  • 11Lingard
  • 9BenrachmaReplaced by Fredericks in the 79th minute.
  • 30AntonioBay at 88mins

replaces

  • 4Balbuena
  • 10Lanzini
  • 14Alva
  • 16 Nobel
  • 24Fredericks
  • 25 Martin
  • 31Johnson
  • 34Trot
  • 45Odubeko

Arsenal

4-2-3-1 formation

1Leno

21Chambers23David Luis22Mari3Tierney

18Partey34Xhaka

14Aubameyang11 Ødegaard7Saka

9Lacazette

  • 1Leno
  • 21 cameras
  • 23David Louis
  • 22 Mary
  • 3Tierney.
  • 18Party
  • 34Xhaka Replaced by Smith Rowe after 74 minutes
  • 14AubameyangRemoved by Martinell in the 81st minute
  • 11 Odegard
  • 7SakaReplaced byPepéat 74’minutes
  • 9LacazetteReached in 90min

replaces

  • 6Gabriel
  • 8Sebalos
  • 16Hold
  • 17Cedric Soares
  • 19Peps
  • 25Elneny
  • 32Smith Rowe
  • 33Ryan
  • 35 Martinelli

Real-time text

  1. Endgame: West Ham United 3, Arsenal 3.
  2. End of the second half, West Ham United 3, Arsenal 3.
  3. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  4. Ryan Fredericks (West Ham United) is penalised after committing a foul.
  5. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. Alexander Lacazette (Arsenal) is penalised after committing a foul.
  7. Ryan Fredericks (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  8. Thomas Partee (Arsenal) is penalised after committing a foul.
  9. Tomas Sucek (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  10. Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) receives a warning from the referee.
  11. Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  12. Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) is floored.
  13. Michael Antonio (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. David Luiz (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  15. Michael Antonio (West Ham United) is penalised after committing a foul.
  16. Kieran Tierney (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  17. Ryan Fredericks (West Ham United) is penalised after committing a foul.
  18. Rescue attempt. Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Sponsored by Martin Odegaard.
  19. Rescue attempt. Declan Rice (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Sponsored by Thomas Soucek.
  20. Rescue attempt. Thomas Soucek (West Ham United) headed from the centre of the box into the bottom left corner.

 

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