West Ham-Arsenal Reaction: This could’ve been such an embarrassment for Lopetegui – Hislop | ESPN FC

ESPN FC’s Dan Thomas, Shaka Hislop and Frank Leboeuf recap Arsenal’s 5-2 win over West Ham that featured all seven goals being scored in the first half.

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[psandstuffhere]

Odegaard is unbelievable player and even more noticable now after his absence

[amsmi]

Arsenal hate is insane. If you give foul for a marginal push then this guys will say that the game has gone soft.

[robgraham]

So 5-2 at home is not an embrassment then shakka
You had a knock to the head

[safianofficial]

.i don’t understand why saka doesn’t get the same or even better praise that odg .of course we missed odg but what saka is doing is special and unappreciated

[MabelMarcus-ip]

Arsenal will win the Premier League come May mark this down somewhere

[SamA-wxzq]

The mighty arsenal….happy to have odegard back…I just want Man Utd beaten properly on Wednesday 😅

[Photosoflife]

Saka will get all the media attention. But flying under the radar is Havertz quietly racking up another goal. Despite pundits like Craig and Stevie constantly trying to make him out to be a scapegoat, Havertz now has 14 goals and 7 assists in 25 Premier League matches since Arteta moved him to the 9 position last season. If anything, it took Arteta too long last season to realize that Havertz fits the 9 role perfectly for how Arsenal play. With Odegaard back in the lineup, it won’t surprise me at all if Havertz continues to rack up goals and assists. Because him and Odegaard have a connection that the media completely overlooks.

[timothycassidy]

Ah Frank...don't be such an anti Arsenal sad sack...if you want to call fouls on Arsenal you can't ignore the West Ham fouls...

[cronersam]

Lopetegui is a shame. Sack him. What did WH improved after Moyes.

[OPEN-qgui]

Without the Red Card Arsenal will be Just two points behind Liverpool.
Odeggard return is one thing

[MM-scvg]

I get the Ødegaard praise but why tf is no one mentioning Saka? 10 assist this season no one has reached that in all of Europe

[kofiquansah]

Frank is a chelsea person so he always see fouls against Arsenal better the ref. Hang in there Frank

[Bright]

It is no coincidence that most Pundits are either failed managers Or never dared to manage a football team, it becomes clearer every time as to why that is

[alairdottin]

West Ham got what they deserved. They won a European cup when they did not win any in years and thought lets go prime Barcelona (talk about playing style) and get rid of the coach that guarantees you a mid-table league finish. Well....someone if going to have to give some answers if they cant get the results!

[goonerlife]

The FACT THAT IF City BEATS LiVERPOOL TOMORROW THEY WILL BE 1 POINT AHEAD OF US IS CRAZY BUT IT WILL GO BACK TO BEING A 3 HORSE RACE.

[KwameAboagye-pp]

What a first-half display by our team.
Five goals in the first half by the Arsenal clinically done by Gabriel Magalhaes, Leandro Trossard, Kai Havertz, Odegaard, and Saka both scoring our penalties.
We can do it by stopping Liverpool.

[Whatmobiledeal]

Taking Odegaard out of this Arsenal team is like taking the foundation away from a standing building. It’s going to fall apart. That’s how important he is to this Arsenal team and the way they play.

[醉拳甘乃迪-ow]

it's just only December, 9 points ahead doesn't mean anything, once Liverpool has some big players' injury, 100% they will bottle it

[alinurumohamed]

Congratulations to my gooners bt take care of consinding silly in next games❤❤❤

[shawnchong]

Liverpool is going to drop points today. A loss for Liverpool is written all over.