Arsenal followers had been nonetheless stating a priority as they raced right into a 4-0 half-time lead towards West Ham.
The Gunners dominated the first-half of the Premier League conflict on the London Stadium, with William Saliba nodding them into the lead from Declan Rice’s nook simply previous the half hour mark. Bukayo Saka then received and transformed a penalty to double the benefit.
And one other Rice set-piece, this time a free-kick which Gabriel headed residence, made it three. But there was nonetheless room for enchancment within the eyes of some supporters, who famous the shortage of objectives from open play.
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“If I’m to nitpick… we still haven’t scored from open play in this match,” commented one, with one other joking: “Sadly we have no open play goals today so it’s actually still 0–0.”
A 3rd echoed: “0 open play goals. Still 0-0.” With a fourth asking: “How about some open play goals.” And a fifth questioning: “Who needs open play?”
A sixth posted: “Was nearly to tweet ‘Arsenal rating a aim from open play problem: Impossible’.” It was at that time Leandro Trossard scored a fourth earlier than the break and answered the considerations.
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He fired previous Alphonse Areola and into the highest nook to place Arsenal even additional into the ascendancy. There had been loud boos ringing across the floor from the house crowd, of which 1000’s headed for the exits prematurely.
It did not get any higher for the hosts after the restart, with Saka scoring his second of the match and Arsenal’s fifth. And salt was very a lot rubbed within the wounds when former Hammers captain Rice whipped in an excellent sixth.
The England midfielder, who had acquired a combined reception from his previous followers, refused to have a good time the aim earlier than being substituted.