Arsenal dominated West Ham completely on Wednesday night to go fourth in the Premier League with yet another cleansheet and a superb performance.
After being binned as captain a little over 24 hours before Mikel Arteta named an unchanged side for the third game in a row, the most damming indictment of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is that this side are significantly better without him.
Led on the pitch by Alexandre Lacazette, putting in a proper captain’s shift while wearing the armband, only one player finished the game with less than a seven points on the night.(Thomas Partey).
Gabriel Martinelli got the scoring going and ended the game with the joint-highest score, with Alexandre Lacazette, of any player on the pitch.
Emile Smith Rowe didn’t do too badly, either, considering he was only on the pitch for 24 minutes.
Lacazette with the assist, Gabriel Martinelli with the finish 🙌
Perfect placement to give the Gunners the lead vs West Ham! pic.twitter.com/nz2Yy57dti
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) December 15, 2021
Saka to Smith Rowe… And Arsenal are going into the top four 👊
A lovely placed finish from the edge of the area! pic.twitter.com/y6YSuamku0
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) December 15, 2021
Arsenal player ratings vs West Ham (half time)
- Aaron Ramsdale 7.7 (6.1)
- Takehiro Tomiyasu 7.8 (7.3)
- Benjamin White 7.6 (6.9)
- Gabriel 7.6 (7.1)
- Kieran Tierney 7.6 (6.8)
- Thomas Partey 6.7 (6.3)
- Granit Xhaka 7.6 (6.8)
- Gabriel Martinelli 8.1 (6.3) – G
- Bukayo Saka 8.0 (6.5) – A
- Martin Odegaard 7.2 (6.7)
- Alexandre Lacazette 8.0 (6.3) – A
Arsenal subs
- Emile Smith Rowe – 7.6 – G
- Eddie Nketiah n/a
- Nuno Tavares n/a
