Finally that elusive win for Unai Emery and his Gunners in the Derby

Arsenal 3, West Ham United 1

Emirates Stadium, London

The London Derby between these two squads looking forward to net their first win of the campaign, came in favor of the Arsenal side with a notable come from behind rally that deliver for manager Unai Emery his first win of the campaign. 

Contrary for the Hammer high expectations they had with their experienced man in their helm in Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, high expectations looking a bit grim after recording with his Irons their third consecutive loss. 

After rumors in midweek from the Gunners, camp that a difference of opinions between Mesut Ozil and manager Emery, these became unfounded news that in the end was outdated. 

With both squads plagued with their star-studded initial elevens, both squads coming from their first two losses in the campaign, the outcome of this match was going to be one amazing contest between these two bitter London Town rivals.

For the Academy of Football directives after opening the wallet once again and seeing their investments once again turning for the worst and seeing a possible brush with relegation, being the last of the plans these had in mind. 

So far, in a game of strategies, the Spaniard came ahead over its Chilean colleague who is not a happy man but a concern and one filled with a worry state of how to turn things around in London Stadium before it gets any worse in these parts of Stratford. 

The idea of the group headed by David Sullivan, David Gold, Albert Tripp Smith and company, was to build a contender and make this club return once in for all to their lost glory days, that why the arrival of Pellegrini to these parts of London Town.

For both clubs sporting new managers in this campaign after longtime Arsenal manager Arsene Wegner time came to its end in Emirates the arrival of former PSG and Sevilla great Unai Emery to give a new mentality and uplift this squad spirits in its game. 

If this became an all-around contest, right you are with both Hammers and Gunners looking forward to an afternoon of genuine and one of a kind football, before the match started in the tunnel you could feel the adrenaline from both initial elevens. 

With a game of strategies from both managers, Arsenal’s Emery sent a 4-2-3-1 formation with a lone Pierre- Emerick Aubameyang contrary to Pellegrini with a more conservative 4-4-1-1 and putting in the attack the likes of Marco Arnatovic.

As the Hammers since the get go these started getting some close calls with arrivals from Arnatovic and the locals Ramsey getting a goal annulled by an apparent offside, but the contest since the get go seen as one very disputed.

With Arnatovic putting the first score in the 25’ minute via a pass from Felipe Anderson opening the scoreboard for the Hammers, but the Gunners response was immediately felt five minutes later with Nacho Monreal even it up with a pass from Alex Iwobi n the 30’ minute.

As the Hammers step up their attacking with the Austrian leading the way, so did the Gunners defensive game does their part too, to the point of the Irons defender Issa Diop scoring on its own goal in the 70’ minute.

With the score in favor of the local Gunners, Danny Welbeck was the men who put the icing on the cake as he deliver the third goal of the afternoon in the 92 minute for Unai Emery first win of the campaign. 

  

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