Have a bit of that, Hammers.
Thought you were going to earn the right to be our bogey team" Not under Mikel Arteta. The message was delivered with a brutal destruction of a performance, capped, with Mikel whispering.
‘I want the West Ham fans to know, it was me’
The pregame chatter was focused on the weak bench and SEVEN players missing from the squad.
No one was talking about that by halftime.
Arsenal started slowly, then went into beast mode, ripping David Moyes’s squad to the pieces in a merciless 25 minutes for the record books.
Odegaard was imperious, Saka put on the big show performance, Declan Rice cut a 66 that looked like he’d been hurt by West Ham as a child.
We opened the scoring from another setpiece. Nic Jover, our setpiece specialist, has taken us to the top of the ‘goals from setpieces’ table. He’s done an extraordinary job. Gabriel and Saliba acting like traditional English #9s with two brilliant goals delivered by Declan Rice’s beautiful boots. Saka scored a penalty, but let’s not ignore that the assist should have been credited to a beautiful ball from deep by Leo Trossard.
The Belgian capped the half by winning the ball in the final third, giving it to Odegaard, who reverse-passed him into a great position in on the edge of the box. The Belgian cut inside and curled a camera-ready goal into the top corner.
West Ham cleared the stadium faster than I’ve seen American stadiums cleared for torn...