Arsenal kept their impressive win going with a 4-1 win in what we discovered on Friday would be Arsene Wenger’s final London derby, against West Ham.
Arsenal struggled to break down the Hammers at first, and it took until the 51st minute for Nacho Monreal to open the scoring. Just as the fans were starting to enjoy themselves, Marko Arnautovic scored an equaliser.
The usual frustration started to build, until the team eventually opened the floodgates and scored three goals in the final 10 minutes to win the match.
So how did the players do individually?
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Ainsley Maitland-Niles 7
Maitland-Niles filled in well in midfield, and I’m continually impressed by his ability to escape pressure from opposition players, as well as his seemingly constant state of calm.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 9
What a signing this man is proving. Arsene Wenger dropped him to the bench on this occasion so he could prepare his team for Thursday, which was the correct decision in the circumstances. However, you could see just what the team were missing without him when he came on.
Just his presence in the box forced poor Declan Rice into a mistake for Arsenal’s second goal, and then he set up the third for Lacazette not long afterwards. That’s six goals and three assists in nine games, in what is supposed to be a hard league to adapt to. He’s making it look easy.
Calum Chambers N/A
Chambers came on for the final moments and didn’t make any mistakes, which is good.