He West Ham United of Edson Alvarez beat the leader 0-2 of the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium, in what was the most surprising result of matchday 19 of the English championship.
The Mexican soccer player played 90 minutes and had a brilliant performance. Even though he didn’t score a goal, It was key to frustrating every attempt by Arsenal to reach the goal with danger.. Álvarez stood out, since The Hammers played on the counterattack and he was always attentive to every coverevery second play and winning the heads-up that he had to face.
Largely due to the “Machín”, Arsenal had a nightmare match, after which they could not maintain the lead of the Premier and had to give it up to Liverpool, who beat Burnley 0-2.
With 74 percent possession, with a siege that was as constant as it was ineffective throughout the match on the West Ham goal, with 30 shots, eight on target, the Gunners also seemed to be overcome by frustration.
They were surpassed by the effectiveness of West Hamthat He scored two goals in his only three shots on goal of the entire match, the last of which was a penalty saved by David Raya.
A demonstration of punch and practicality, started by Tomas Soucek, after a pass from Bowen, and culminated by a header from Mavropanos, to the center of Ward-Prowse, but also an expressive defensive resistance, to which Areola collaborated, indispensable, with three stops crucial, especially the first to Saka with only 0-1 in favor.
West Ham took the lead in the 13th minute. A loose rebound from Zinchenko, fortunate for the visiting team, fell to Bowen on the edge of the baseline to put the ball back in play for the arrival of Tomas Soucekthat he finished off the goal. The beginning of everything this Thursday at the Emirates stadium to relegate Arsenal from first position.
On some occasions, not even VAR is enough. No image called into question the legality of Bowen’s previous cross, on the verge of being off-base, if it was not off by millimeters. There was no conclusive snapshot at the exact moment. At that moment, the ball was behind the forward’s body, located on the line.
The goal, three minutes after the review, with the crowd shouting ‘no goal’ in the background, was validated, without anyone being sure whether it was or not. When in doubt, both was legall. A surprise at the Emirates stadium, due to the classification, but also because of what had been seen until then on the field, with Arsenal in siege mode almost from the beginning.
Needing a victory to retain the lead, after Liverpool’s victory on Tuesday, Arsenal pressured, cornered, pushed their rival back, subjected them to constant stress before and after 0-1, but they stayed in just two shots between the three sticks, with a magnificent save from Areola to Saka, who also hit the post with a shot.
A corner kick is much more if the hit corresponds to Ward-Prowse. In an unparalleled setting, He gave his tenth assist of the season with a corner that he put on the head of Mavropanos. His header was equal to or better than the center. To the squad, far from the opposition of David Raya, for 0-2 in the 55th minute. The surprise has already taken dimension.
Even more so, when His third approach was a penalty, committed by Declan Rice on Emerson. The maximum penalty was saved by David Raya.
And with the merit of the absence of Lucas Paquetá, injured in the warm-up and resistant until half an hour into the clash, when he had said enough, he threw himself on the ground and demanded the change.
With this result, the Hammers are fully in the fight for the European places in the Premier League, since they were in sixth place, just three points behind fifth, which grants a pass for the Europa Leaguealready 4 of the quarter, which gives one for the Champions League.
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