Summary

  • Arsenal score three times in nine second-half minutes to win

  • Ljungberg's first victory as interim Arsenal manager

  • Martinelli cancels out Ogbonna opener with goal in first PL start

  • Stunning Pepe strike & smart Aubameyang finish give Gunners victory

  • Arsenal end longest winless run since 1977

  • West Ham now winless in five home fixtures

  1. 'Impersonation'published at 20:44 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2019

    West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

    Chris Sutton
    Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is not Arsenal, it's an impersonation.

  2. Postpublished at 44 mins

    West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

    Arsenal are now, probably predictably, all over the shop.

    They almost gift West Ham a second with some calamitous playing out from the back. Only West Ham's inability to play the ball crisply or accurately saves them.

  3. VAR checkingpublished at 20:43 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2019

    West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

    Simon Stone
    BBC Sport at the London Stadium

    If there was a graph of time for stuff happening whilst I have watched Premier League football matches this season, the bit reserved for 'Waiting for VAR to check' would be too long.

  4. 'Hurls himself at the ball'published at 20:43 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2019

    West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

    Chris Sutton
    Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Arsenal struggle from set pieces. The corner was half cleared and as the ball is stood up, Angelo Ogbonna really wants to get on the end of this, and that is what he does.

    He hurls himself at the ball and gets his reward. West Ham have just about deserved it. Now let's see what Arsenal have got.

  5. Postpublished at 40 mins

    West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

    Goal given!

    Not a pretty goal, but a goal nonetheless.

    West Ham scoreImage source, Getty Images
  6. VAR

    Video Assistant Refereepublished at 38 mins

    West Ham 1-0 Arsenal

    Of course.

    They're checking for a potential handball. Is it off his shoulder? Certainly no lower.

  7. goal

    GOAL - West Ham 1-0 Arsenalpublished at 38 mins

    Angelo Ogbonna

    Breakthrough!

    Or is it? It'll go to VAR, but first let me describe it to you...

    The initial corner is half-cleared but volleyed back in by Noble, prompting a bit of pinball that ends with Pablo Fornals crossing for Angelo Ogbonna to plant a header that finds the net via a deflection off Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

  8. Postpublished at 37 mins

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    West Ham win a corner as Cresswell's attempted cross is deflected behind.

  9. Tierney's shoulder woepublished at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2019

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Simon Stone
    BBC Sport at the London Stadium

    Freddie Ljungberg spoke about Kieran Tierney's secret shoulder problem in the build-up to tonight's game.

    There is nothing secret about that. The incident seemed innocuous but Michail Antonio appears to have accidentally jarred the former Celtic defender's shoulder as he was trying to get a bit of space for himself in the Arsenal box.

    Dismal luck for the Scotland defender.

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2019

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    Brendan Rodgers has more confidence than all 22 of these players combined - they look utterly bereft.

    Dan, London

  11. 'Signs of life?'published at 20:34 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2019

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Chris Sutton
    Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    That was a good save by Bernd Leno. Is this game finally showing some signs of life?

  12. Postpublished at 34 mins

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Is the game warming up?

    West Ham draw a save out of Bernd Leno, who has to dive to his left to palm away an angled effort from Michail Antonio.

  13. Postpublished at 33 mins

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Oh dear.

    Arsenal's best period of play so far ends with a woeful effort from Ozil. Aubameyang does superbly to gather the ball on the right and cross the ball in to the German, who is in acres of space but gets under the ball and heads tamely over.

  14. 'Worst half of football'published at 20:32 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2019

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Chris Sutton
    Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This has been the worst half of football I have seen in the Premier League so far this season. The Freddie effect.

  15. Postpublished at 31 mins

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Still not had a touch as Pepe's pass for Ozil to run on to is easily cut out by a West Ham defender.

    This has been half an hour of pretty much event-free football.

  16. 'Not got going'published at 20:31 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2019

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Chris Sutton
    Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is a real shame. It seems like a muscle injury after a coming together with Michail Antonio, and Kieran Tierney has not got going at Arsenal.

    When he gets a run of games, the Arsenal fans will see the real Tierney, superb attitude to the game and he just needs that continuity.

  17. Postpublished at 30 mins

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Arsenal have contributed to their own woes in many ways, but they've also not had much luck with injury.

    As I said earlier, it never rains but it pours.

    Meanwhile, on the pitch, they have still yet to touch the ball in West Ham's box.

  18. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 29 mins

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    Sead Kolasinac is on for Tierney.

  19. Postpublished at 28 mins

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    That's Tierney done for the evening. Poor lad. He's not had much luck with injury since his move from Celtic.

    So that is both of Arsenal's original full-backs injured before the 30 minute mark - Bellerin in the warm-up, Tierney 27 minutes in.

  20. Postpublished at 27 mins

    West Ham 0-0 Arsenal

    The potential is totally unrealised as Snodgrass chips the ball in, before it is half-cleared towards Fornals for a weak effort that fails to test Bernd Leno.

    There could be more bad news for Arsenal... Tierney is down holding his shoulder in the aftermath of the free-kick. Looks like he collided with Antonio.