Arsenal wasted the chance to close the gap in the leaders of the Premier League Liverpool when they fell 1-0 defeat at home against West Ham.
A Jarrod Bowen headball at the time was the difference in a frustrating afternoon for Mikel Areteta’s team, who ended the game with 10 men after Myles had been sent.
The result means that the Gunners missed the opportunity to lower Liverpool’s lead over five points and to make the process in the title race of this season.
For West Ham, however, victory will be a welcome thrust for the new boss Graham Potter, who has had difficulty changing the hammers’ assets since the beginning of January.
Leave North London with three points 😃 pic.twitter.com/aogqgjvawz
– West Ham United (@westham) February 22, 2025
How the action develops
The Gunners started the all-London affair, but it failed to cut strict hammer defense.
The frustration seemed to be when the Areteta side tried to break the Deadlock. Mikel Merino was unable to give Thomas Parteys Ball -Torbound -while Martin Odegaard implements the edge of the box.
Visitors grew into play steadily and had their own chances when Tomas Soucek did not bring his header into the goal twice.
Then, for 44 minutes, West Ham, after Bowen, after Bowen Aaron Wan-Bissakas hit the cross from the right and stormed the ball into the net with a diving head.
Jarrod Bowen’s strike against Arsenal means that he now has 50 goals of the Premier League.
He is the second West Ham player who beats the milestone, just behind Mikhail Antonio (68) 👏 pic.twitter.com/6wnkfypqef
– Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) February 22, 2025
The game opened after the break, whereby Bowen almost doubled the advantage of the visitor.
It was an afternoon with a missed possibilities for Arsenal, and her frustration was reinforced when the replacement was released by Lewis Skelly after completing Mohammed Kudus at 73 minutes.
A yellow card was initially shown to the teenage defender, but the decision was upgraded to a red after a Var check.
Despite the numerical disadvantage, Arsenal rose in search of an equalizer. But Potter’s team stuck to take a famous away win.
When the minutes went away and the Gunner’s corpses threw on the field, arteta cut an increasingly desperate figure on the touchline because he knew that a significant chance in the title race begged.
