Arsenal fans will be furious when they see video of what West Ham star Lucas Paqueta did to put Bukayo Saka off his penalty in the 2-2 draw.
West Ham found themselves 2-0 down within 10 minutes of their clash with Premier League leaders Arsenal but clawed their way back to secure a 2-2 draw.
A penalty won by Lucas Paqueta was coolly converted by Said Benrahma before the break and the Hammers had other chances to get level by half-time.
That’s despite at one stage looking like lambs to the slaughter as the Gunners started like balls out of a cannon.
Moments into the second half Arsenal were awarded a penalty which their Starboy Bukayo Saka put about 10 feet wide of the West Ham goal.
That lifted the world’s largest cantilevered roof off the London Stadium and West Ham took momentum before equalising in superb style through Jarrod Bowen on 54 minutes.
The result felt like a win for West Ham in the battle to survive.
For Arsenal it felt like a defeat and another blow to their title chances with Manchester City now very much in the box seat.
Now behind the scenes footage put out by the Hammers has revealed the big part Paqueta may have played in Arsenal missing that crucial penalty with the score at 2-1.
Given the spot kick came so early in the second half, the home crowd at the London Stadium were stunned into anxious silence rather than making a racket to try and put Saka off.
So Paqueta did it instead.
Arsenal fans will be furious when they see video of what West Ham star Paqueta did to put Saka off his penalty in the draw.
Arsenal fans will be furious when they see video of what West Ham star Lucas Paqueta did to put Bukayo Saka off penalty in draw
Footage on West Ham’s website shows Paqueta screaming at Saka repeatedly in s-housery of the highest order as he lines up to take the crucial penalty.
Thomas Partey is seen laughing at Paqueta’s attempts to put his Gunners teammate off and Paqueta smiles too before continuing to goad Saka.
It certainly helped as Saka fired wide to give West Ham a massive boost in their bid to fight back and take a point.
West Ham fans will love Paqueta’s desire to do anything in order to get a result.
Arsenal fans will undoubtedly feel very differently indeed.
You can watch the video below.
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