Four of Dimitri Payet’s nine league goals this season have been openers and he trades 6/1to score first on Saturday; eight goal Alexis Sanchez and Alex Iwobi (two goals in two EPL starts) tempt as 13/8 and 7/4 anytime options for the Gunners. They’ll both be playing for the under 21 side on Friday.
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Arsenal simply cannot drop any more points if they want to win the Premier League title, even if the Gunners manage to win every game there is no guarantee that Leicester City will drop enough points for Arsenal to be able to catch them.
Coming off three draws in a row, and unbeaten in their past five games, West Ham United have taken points from Tottenham, Everton, Manchester United and Chelsea in recent fixtures.
Speaking at his pre-match press briefing, Wenger said all his side need to do is focus on their own game and hope results in other games favours them.
In a game vital at the top of the Premier League, the London rivals produced an all-action classic but the shared points were far from ideal for either side. It looks to be taken out of proportion a little bit and these are matters we like to keep internal.
Andy Carroll pulled one back for the hosts with a bullet header on 44 minutes from an Aaron Cresswell delivery.
And then in first-half injury time, just 160 seconds later, Carroll levelled the match with a left-foot volley at the second attempt after Gabriel had blocked his initial effort from Mark Noble’s cross.
Carroll was not finished there, though, and completed his hat-trick when he nodded Michail Antonio’s cross home to perhaps stake a late, late claim for an England call-up for Euro 2016.
West Ham’s time in front was short-lived as Laurent Koscielny brought it to 3-3 in the 70th. But we still have a chance of winning the title.
“For me the first six years were very hard financially”.
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“We’re still in it. We’d like the three points but it’s a tough game against Arsenal”, he added.
