Leandro Trossard’s late goal and an even later VAR decision moved Arsenal one step closer to their first Premier League title in 22 years at West Ham, Mirror reports.
The Gunners were far from their best, with the importance of the match weighing heavily, but they got the job done to move five points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table.
Trossard went close with back-to-back headers from a corner early on, while Riccardo Calafiori threatened twice in a dominant opening spell from the away side.
Konstantinos Mavropanos then made a crucial block to keep out Calafiori’s flicked header from Declan Rice’s free-kick.
West Ham forced David Raya into a good save before half-time through Taty Castellanos’ diving header.
After an injury to Ben White, Mikel Arteta was forced into continual tactical tweaks – including the substitution of substitute Martin Zubimendi – but the Hammers remained resolute.
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Mateus Fernandes should have made it 1-0 to the home side, but Raya came up big to save one-on-one against the midfielder. And the importance of that save was highlighted when Trossard’s deflected effort – his first goal in 25 games – put Arsenal ahead up the other end in the 83rd minute.
Callum Wilson appeared to have equalised from a corner in stoppage time, but VAR intervened to rule it out for a foul by Pablo on Raya, sparking fury inside the London Stadium.
But Arsenal hung on and, with games against Burnley and Crystal Palace to come, are huge favourites to win the title.
