Arsenal 0-1 West Ham: 10-man Gunners fail to grasp pts against Hammers at home

Game is over and the final score is Arsenal 0-1 West Ham. Here is the match report.

Match Report

Arsenal lost at home in the Premier League for the first time this season as West Ham United dealt a major blow to their title aspirations.

The Gunners went into Saturday's game eight points behind league leaders Liverpool, who had played one match more.

Mikel Arteta's men now remain eight points behind, with just 12 rounds of fixtures remaining.

Jarrod Bowen fired the Hammers in front just before half-time by scoring his eighth goal of the campaign in all competitions.

Arsenal dominated possession as they tried to battle their way back into the contest but that task got harder in he 73rd minute when Myles Lewis-Skelly was shown a straight red card for a foul on Mohammed Kudus that denied the West Ham ace a clear scoring chance.

Saturday's result ended West Ham's run of four games without a win and saw them move 13 points clear of the relegation zone.

More to follow.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

9' Ødegaard's backheel pass was blocked

14' Merino misses a great chance

18' Soucek's header over the bar

20' Shot from Merino and offside

26' Close! Bowen's shot wide out

34' Tomás Soucek header from the centre of the box misses to the left

44' Goal for West Ham United - scored by Bowen! Arsenal 0-1 West Ham

55' Bowen misses a golden chance!

56' Rice and Kalafiori off, Zincenko and Skelly in

73' Red Card! Lewis-Skelly sent off

81' Arsenal is bring on Sterling

85' Gabriel's shot over the bar

90' Great chance for Trossard!

94' The Arsenal defender chased back and disrupted the play

96' Close! Ben White's shot wide out

98' Match Event for Arsenal vs West Ham

Line-ups

Arsenal XI: Trossard, Partey, David Raya, Ødegaard, Merino, Rice, Gabriel, Saliba, Timber, Calafiori, Nwaneri

Subs: Neto, Sterling, Jorginho, Zinchenko, Tierney, Ben White, Kiwior, N. Butler-Oyedeji, Lewis-Skelly

West Ham XI: Cresswell, Areola, Ward-Prowse, Soucek, Bowen, Alvarez, Wan-Bissaka, Kilman, Mohammed Kudus, Todibo, Oliver Scarles

Subs: Fabianski, Ings, Emerson, G. Rodriguez, Soler, Mavropanos, Andrew Irving, Evan Ferguson, Luis Guilherme