Arsenal vs West Ham

The last of the Boxing Day fixtures sees the Premier League leaders Arsenal look to pick up where they left off in November. The Gunners are five points clear ...

Here’s how to watch Arsenal vs West Ham on the You can read our guide to the One good way to find out if you’ll be offered one is to attempt to checkout an item and see if you get a prompt. The last of the Boxing Day fixtures sees the Premier League leaders Arsenal look to pick up where they left off in November. Aston Villa vs Liverpool kicks off at 8:00pm UK time on Monday December 26. Boxing Day is always a major day in the football calendar, but this year it feels a little more exciting having been without proper footy for so long.

Follow the action live as Arsenal and West Ham return to Premier League action at the Emirates Stadium. William Saliba was straight back into the Arsenal XI ...

The Brazil winger's delivery is excellent from the free-kick, it glances off a West Ham defender but Eddie Nketiah is a little too flat-footed to capitalise. 5 mins from kickoff: The teams are in the tunnel. Bukayo Saka boots the corner right under Lukasz Fabianski's bar but the West Ham goalkeeper gets a solid punch on it. Ramsdale tumbles to his left and Benrahma lifts his kick down the middle. Lucas Paqueta wins a free-kick to earn them some respite and looks for Michail Antonio with a clever pass over the top. It had been a pretty poor start to the half for Arsenal and that's a huge shot in the arm for them. 88th minute: A lot of the travelling West Ham contingent have made their way to the exits. The England winger does well to control the ball and Vladimir Coufal is loitering to play him onside for a cool finish. The Brazil international drills a true strike to the near post and Lukasz Fabianski can't stop it with his boot. Martin Odegaard and Granit Xhaka are involved, with the latter working the ball to Martinelli. Goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Eddie Nketiah meant all of the front three were on target in Gabriel Jesus' injury absence. West Ham’s only attacking joy had come from direct balls down the Arsenal left and the penalty arose from one of those situations.

Premier League leaders Arsenal host West Ham in a London derby on Boxing Day, as Mikel Arteta's men aim to get off to a flying start to the restart.

Palace went from 10 to nine men in the 57th minute, when James Tomkins was shown a second yellow card for elbowing Mitrovic as he sprinted in on goal. Emery’s appointment marked a definitive turning point not only in terms of results, but the performance and tactical competence of a side that had won just three of 13 games and conceded 20 goals prior to his arrival. But Emery’s charges changed the game at the break, and Liverpool was under serious pressure and folded for two Ollie Watkins concessions. With Sadio Mane looking to be on his way out and question marks over the future of Mohamed Salah, Klopp may need to strengthen this attack this summer. Liverpool were reportedly one of three clubs in the final running for Aurelien Tchouameni, but the 22-year-old Monaco midfielder is likely headed to Real Madrid after the reigning European champions got the best of the Reds once more. The 22-year-old Nunez is going to cost significantly more than Manchester City paid for Erling Haaland, who had a release clause in his Borussia Dortmund contract. Takumi Minamino’s time at Anfield appears to be over after Liverpool and Monaco reportedly agreed a transfer fee for the 27-year-old Japan international. With Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz arriving over the last six months at Anfield, it feels like Liverpool have already made the moves to replace Mane and Salah long-term. Joe Gomez might not be a first- (or second-) choice center back for Liverpool anymore, with Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip both out-appearing him last season, but the 25-year-old is keen to continue his seven-year stay an Anfield. This is a surprising move by Liverpool but it slots in superbly with their recruitment model and Gakpo seems to be the kind of player who is ready to break out in a big way and score 20 plus goals a season in the Premier League. West Ham need Declan Rice to bring his World Cup form to the Premier League, while Jarrod Bowen has looked sharp in their midseason games. Arsenal need more cutting edge and more creativity in the final third.

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Minute-by-minute report: Can Arsenal pick up where they left off in their Boxing Day derby with West Ham? Find out with Simon Burnton.

The cross is headed away, worked back to Odegaard and his shot hits a defender. Replays suggest there was no handball, and this decision is going to be reversed. The league leaders have some work to do. So wide, in fact, that it runs perfectly into the path of Saka who is clean through and calmly passes past Fabianski! 73 mins: The ball bounces to Antonio, 15 yards outside West Ham’s area, and he spins past Xhaka, who brings him down. “One Arsene Wenger!” shout the home fans. 79 mins: “David Penney can eat some humble pie for slating Eddie (34 mins),” writes, um, someone on Twitter. “After a brutal cold spell here (think -45C and below) this 81 mins: Martinelli’s cross from the left goes across goal and out the other side, where Benrahma picks it up, tries a double lollipop on the edge of his own area, is dispossessed and is presumably extraordinarily relieved when Odegaard shoots wide again. Saïd Benrahma’s first-half penalty could have blown Arsenal off course here: maybe the Premier League’s hiatus had checked them in their stride and forced a more realistic view of their title credentials. They did flirt with defeat, but overall it was a lovely, impressive performance, and this was splendid entertainment. Sitting up in the directors’ box the old master obliged with a wave.

Arsenal 3-1 West Ham: The Gunners extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to seven points after a second-half comeback at the Emirates.

They work the ball beautifully down the right wing and give the ball to Saka. 65 mins: West Ham have been passive in the second half which has allowed Arsenal the freedom to get those two goals. He smokes it but pulls the effort wide of the target. 62 mins: Arsenal have got themselves in front but it’s doubtful that they’ll settle for just two goals. White gives it to Martin Odegaard who sends the ball into the box for Eddie Nketiah. The big question is whether [Mikel Arteta’s ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mikel-arteta)Gunners can maintain the form that put them five points clear of Manchester City at Christmas time.

Free highlights and match report as Arsenal stormed seven points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 3-1 comeback win over West Ham; ...

"With the signings we have made, the quality is there. "I think his performance was really good and on top of that he scored a great goal. Every team has a blip but it is down to me as captain to keep pushing everyone and keep giving 100% on the pitch like everyone else to get the results. We need to stop talking about it and need to show it. 'Eddie, Eddie, Eddie' rung around the Emirates and his confidence would have been lifted by the goal and the support, but it wasn't just the goal that was impressive from Nketiah. The team still believed and played to the level that they did again." Odegaard's shot was blocked with what referee Michael Oliver thought was Cresswell's arm and he pointed to the penalty spot. Could he help keep Arsenal's title challenge on track in the absence of the Brazilian? On title talk: "What I tell the players is we have to focus on us. They worked the ball quickly to Martinelli, who fired a brilliant low finish past Fabianski at his near post to complete a stunning turnaround. So, thank you for doing that because it means a lot to every body at the club. "It's great and winning my mood is going to be better to speak to him and be around the team.

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"But we kept going and once we got one we knew we'd get more because we could feel the atmosphere behind us. [William Saliba](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/277385/William-Saliba)'s foul on [Jarrod Bowen](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/201089/Jarrod-Bowen) in the area. [Gabriel Jesus](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/217289/Gabriel-Jesus) was ruled out of action for three months with a knee injury while playing for [Brazil](/football/team?id=205) in Qatar. [Lukasz Fabianski](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/77403/Lukasz-Fabianski), and Martinelli lashed a tight-angled blast in at the near post to give his team the lead. [Bukayo Saka](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/280555/Bukayo-Saka), [Gabriel Martinelli](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/269844/Gabriel-Martinelli) and Eddie Nketiah cancelled out a first-half penalty by [Said Benrahma](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/194543/Saïd-Benrahma) to keep Arsenal seven points ahead of [Newcastle United](/football/team?id=361) in second. [Arsenal](/football/team?id=359) padded their lead in the Premier League with a barnstorming, come-from-behind 3-1 win over [West Ham United](/football/team?id=371) at the Emirates on Monday night.

A rousing second-half comeback ensured we resumed our Premier League campaign where we left off in November – with a win.

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