Irons 0 Gunners 0
West Ham produced another master class defensive performance and but for the underside of the bar from a late Chicharito shot would tonight have jumped out of the bottom three.
David Moyes’ new Irons’ showed tremendous defensive organisation to keep the Gunners at bay before all but pinching the late winner.
The improvement in this side is nothing short but staggering and if anybody would have imagined two successive clean sheets against Chelsea and Arsenal was possible just a month ago they would have been laughed out of the east end.
The change in Marko Arnautovich is the same as he collected the Man of the Match award at the end of an all action display ahead of his return to Stoke at the weekend.
The Austrian never stopped running as the lead performer in a Hammers team of total and absolute resolution.
Arsenal dominated but could never find a way through this brilliantly marshalled defence and could only ever create half chances when Adrian saved low before seeing others fly high and wide.
The Hammers battled and battled though and despite late free kicks from Sanchez clung on to a precious point which the performance more than deserved.
It could have been so much more when Chicharito curled a late shot into the underside of the bar and it rebounded on the wrong side of the goal line
David Moyes declared himself happy at the end saying: “I’m thrilled with four points from these three games and two clean sheets.
“When I saw the fixtures on arriving I thouhgt “Here we go” so to have those clean sheets and points is brilliant. Maybe we can now get on the front foot in our forthcoming games.”
Wasn’t match fit he usaul finishes that. And Regs again that’s said I’ll take the point but really thought we could of won.
Chic on 10-15ms earlier who knows. Moyes & his sub’s can’t figure him out but better than 92m
But 3 games against top teams & we still look good now to test lower table clubs.
Ffs Liverpool draw w WBA so we stay In relegation zone….. The West Ham WY
Masterclass in defending again.A month ago if someone had suggested this set of results in our last 3 matches with 2 clean sheets to boot they would have got a straight jacket and padded cell.Some tasty fixtures now over the festive period with teams around us and a chance to attack and climb that table starting with 3 points at out of form Stoke hopefully.Its certainly looking up.Well done lads.COYI.
Changing Arnautivich’s position looks like a master stroke. It is obviously not true that he won’t track back when he plays wide, because he can run & run when he is upfront. It is that he doesn’t know WHERE to run when he has to defend. But he sure does when he is in the opponent’s half.