West Ham threw away a three goal lead against Arsenal at the London Stadium yesterday.
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On the face of it, a point against the Gunners isn’t the worst result in the world.
The way everything unfolded in the second-half, however, was quite simply not acceptable.
The West Ham players invited pressure onto themselves right from the kick-off after half-time.
Let’s have it right, Arsenal were very good. We quite simply didn’t do enough, however.
The West Ham defenders were woefully exposed for the entirety of the second-half.
Aaron Cresswell endured a torrid afternoon with Calum Chambers constantly bombing down the Hammers’ left hand side.
David Moyes has to be questioned for his choice of substitutes. Protecting Vladimir Coufal rather than Cresswell was quite simply baffling.
West Ham fans fuming at what Michail Antonio did before Arsenal scored their second
We should have done so much better regardless of the personnel, however.
Antonio, 30, failed to track back just before Arsenal made the score 3-2.
Yesterday’s game highlighted just how much we miss Pablo Fornals in truth. A lot of the defensive work the Spaniard does goes unnoticed.
He provides so much protection for Aaron Cresswell on the left.
And some West Ham fans criticised Michail Antonio for the role he played in the build-up to Arsenal scoring their second goal yesterday…
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