West Ham United Archives: 12/2016

A rare Premier League start for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain but another solid performance.

December is off to a good start with a huge 5-1 win away to struggling West Ham.

Arsene Wenger praised Alexis Sanchez following his hattrick against West Ham on Saturday.

Rio Ferdinand, alongside Ian Wright on the BT Sport panel, has urged Arsenal to pay Alexis Sanchez whatever he wants.

Hector Bellerin proved he’s one of us during Arsenal’s 5-1 victory over West Ham, tweeting Alexis Sanchez to ‘stop it’ after he completed his hattrick.

Arsenal went into the London derby against West Ham hoping for three points in order to keep the pressure on league leaders, Chelsea, who’d just beaten Manchester City 3-1.

Reports that Arsenal are after West Ham’s Dimitri Payet have spread to the foreign press.

After Arsenal’s unbeaten run was ended in underwhelming fashion in an EFL Cup quarter-final against Southampton on Wednesday, it’s a welcome return to Premier League football for Arsène Wenger’s side.

After crashing out of the EFL Cup to Southampton midweek, Arsenal are expected to field a very different starting XI against West Ham on Saturday.

Arsenal have been largely dominant over West Ham over previous matches but can we continue?

Slaven Bilic and Arsene Wenger both spoke to the press on Friday ahead of the London derby on Saturday evening.

Arsene Wenger had all the latest news on the Arsenal team ahead of their trip to West Ham on Saturday, including news on Santi Cazorla’s surgery.