PREMIER LEAGUE : ARSENAL VS WEST HAM – 22/02/2025
ARSENAL HAD 20 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, AND MADE 642 PASSES, WITH AN 89% PASS ACCURACY, BUT WERE UNABLE TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST WEST HAM YESTERDAY. THEY WENT DOWN TO 10 MEN AFTER SOME ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY AND MOHAMMED KUDUS AFTER HE KNICKED THE BALL FROM HIM, AND WAS TAKEN DOWN, SO LEWIS-SKELLY WAS RED CARDED AT 73 MINS. WEST HAM MADE 309 PASSES, WITH A 77% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 5 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNING HEADER FROM JARROD BOWEN AT 44 MINS. AND WITH NOTHING FURTHER REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 1 – 0 WIN TO WEST HAM!
MIKEL ARTETA SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
“IT’S VERY PAINFUL. FIRST OF ALL, I CONGRATULATE WEST HAM FOR THE VICTORY. FROM OUR SIDE. I’M VERY DISAPPOINTED. FOR BIG PARTS OF OUR GAME, OUR PERFORMANCE LEVEL WAS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT WE NEEDED TO BEAT THEM. OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE A LOT OF FACTORS DURING THE GAME THAT MADE IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. EVEN WITH 10 MEN, WE TRIED AND PUT IN A LOT OF ENERGY, BUT WE LACKED A LOT OF PRECISION AND A LOT OF QUALITY. WE HAVE TO BE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, AND ESPECIALLY HOW IT HAPPENED BUT THERE’S A LONG WAY TO GO – STILL 12 GAMES. THERE’S A LOT TO PLAY FOR, WE’RE STILL IN FEBRUARY AND WHAT HAPPENED TODAY CAN HAPPEN TO ANY TEAM. ALL WE CAN CONTROL IS WHAT WE DO.”
GRAHAM POTTER SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
“IT’S A MASSIVE THREE POINTS FOR US. IT WAS A REALLY COMMITTED PERFORMANCE, I THOUGHT THE PLAYERS WERE AMAZING AND STUCK TO OUR TASK REALLY WELL. THEY WERE TACTICALLY DISCIPLINED. THE PLAYERS, WHILE NOT BEING PERFECT, WERE CLOSE TO IT IN TERMS OF THEIR EFFORTS, THEIR INTENTIONS AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO. I’M DELIGHTED FOR THEM AND THE SUPPORTERS BECAUSE IT’S A BIG WIN FOR US.”
