Balanced By West Ham, Arsenal Failed To Keep Theirselves From The City Kejatan

Gabriel Jesus scored Arsenal's first goal (Twitter @arsenal)

JAKARTA - Arsenal failed to secure full points when they traveled to West Ham after drawing 2-2 in Week 31 of the Premier League at London Stadium, London, Sunday.

In this match Arsenal were actually able to take the lead quickly through Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard, but West Ham was able to bounce back thanks to goals from Said Benrahma and Jarrod Bowen, according to the Premier League.

As reported by Antara, Arsenal remain in first place in the Premier League standings with 74 points from 31 matches, while West Ham are still stuck in 15th place with 31 points from 30 matches.

However, the Gunners failed to distance themselves from Manchester City, which now has 70 points. They are only 4 points adrift.

Overall, Arsenal's matches dominated by recording 72 percent possession and releasing 11 kicks, five of which were on target.

In the first half Arsenal were able to take the lead quickly through a goal scored by Gabriel Jesus using a pass sent by Ben White so that the score changed to 1-0 minutes 7th.

Three minutes later, Arsenal broke into West Ham's goal again through a goal scored by Martin Odegaard after receiving Gabriel Martinell's cross and making the score change to 2-0.

Left behind by two goals, West Ham tried to at least reduce the gap and get a golden opportunity after being awarded a penalty kick by the referee.

Starting from the violation received by Lucas Paqueta, Said Benrahma who came forward as the executioner successfully carried out his duties after Aaron Ramsdale's shot could not be read so the score changed to 1-2 in the 33rd minute.

Able to reduce the gap, West Ham was more eager to equalize, but until the first half was over, the score 2-1 for Arsenal's advantage remained.

In the second half, Arsenal immediately took the initiative to attack and had a golden opportunity after getting a penalty from the referee.

Bukayo Saka, who came forward as the executioner, failed to bring Arsenal to increase their lead after his penalty was still sideways to the right side of West Ham's goal.

West Ham could equalize in the 54th minute after a pass sent by Thilo Kehrer was accepted by Jarrod Bowen who broke into Arsenal's goal so the score changed to 2-2.

In the remaining time of the second half, Arsenal put more pressure on the West Ham defense, but until the long whistle sounded the score 2-2 remained.

Next Arsenal will face Southampton in the 32nd week of the Premier League, Saturday (22/4), while West Ham will travel to Bournemouth headquarters, the day after.

It ends in a draw in east London pic.twitter.com/czLc0zw2Ey

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) April 16, 2023