Laurent Koscielny struck an equaliser with 20 minutes of the contest remaining as both sides settled for a point, but Hammers boss Bilić was not in the mood to focus on the game’s controversial moments.
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Arsenal boast one of the meanest defences in the Premier League, but Carroll gave them a torrid time as he scored just the second hat-trick of his professional career.
This season he has matured a lot, he is back in the national team, and that shows he has been much more consistent.
Arsene Wenger says he watched Dimitri Payet “many times” before West Ham signed the midfielder from Marseille.
And they dragged themselves level in the 70th minute when West Ham failed to clear Hector Bellerin’s cross and Koscielny produced a smart finish to guide the loose ball home.
Nigerian global Alex Iwobi, starting only his third league match for Arsenal, found Mesut Ozil in the 18th minute, who managed to beat an offside trap and cooly slot past Adrian to open the scoring.
“Andy Carroll has everything”.
‘There was a possibility he would miss three games for us, which would be a major blow for us.
Arsenal are unchanged from their 4-0 win over Watford meaning Petr Cech is once again left on the bench despite overcoming his calf problem.
“Obviously we’d have liked the three points, but it was against Arsenal, who are going for the title”.
West Ham co-chairman David Gold has insisted that the club will no longer let go of their star players on the cheap.
“It’s nice to be unbeaten at home”.
“Then in the second half, of course whenever they were up front, close to the box, they had that capability and class. Make no mistake, we’ll do everything to win the game and stay in the race for the top four”.
“You need to believe in football that things can change”, he said.
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“I don’t know, we can talk for ages, but the summary is I am very proud of our performance”, Bilić told his post-match press conference. “We had a good game today but a bad result”.
