Arsenal rally to beat Hammers!
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How did Arsenal equalize against West Ham?
And Arsenal have equalised. It's Martinelli with his first Premier League goal.
What impact did Martinelli's first Premier League goal have?
Aubameyang. And now Pepe who want to get it onto his left foot and do that. That's what the Arsenal fans have been waiting for from their record signing. Here's Pepe again. And it's three. The Gunners have found some ammunition. And their fans will feel about time too.
Priceless for Arsenal, ending a run of nine without a victory. Most notably, they've scored with all three shots on target tonight, although their xG is more than twice as high as West Ham's. They did have fewer touches in the opposition box, 64% of possession from Arsenal tonight, the second highest figure they've had away from home this season. Rafa Benitez is here with us on the Monday Night Football tonight and lots to come from him on his career, Liverpool, Newcastle and much, much more. But Rafa, when you're watching that game tonight and you see the turnaround at half-time, do you think that it's something tactical that's happened? Is it just a case of attitude? How do you see it? I think they were lucky with the first goal, I would say that.
And after they changed their attitude, they have more belief, more confidence, and they were attacking even more. But you were asking me about how to manage. I think both teams, they have to go back to the principles and then start defending well. And then you could see the problems of West Ham. It's not that Arsenal was amazing in changing the pace of the game or something like that. It's just that they were making mistakes and then little by little, the quality of the Arsenal players made a difference. How did they get back in it then, Jamie?
Well, this is something that... On this show, in the first half, you look at things that you can use if the game's in the middle of half-time. We got a goal just beforehand. But I do think West Ham have got a big problem behind Mark Noble in that space. Dele Alli a few weeks ago caused huge problems there. What Mark Noble does, and he's different to Declan Rice, is he's always looking to step out and press. And at times it leaves Declan Rice really isolated on his own. As I said, it was a big problem for him against Dele Alli. And you always see this space now. Now, it's really good football he played through at Arsenal. Delighted for the young lad scoring one of his early games for Arsenal. It's really good.
But, Rafa, is that a problem? We noticed that about the West Ham midfield when one really steps out.
Yeah, I agree with you 100%. So, for me, it's just the players they were going... One of them is going to press and the other one has to adjust the position. Always, you have to think that they are working as a couple. So he goes there, he has to follow. He cannot just stay there. So they didn't have this movement. And then little by little, they exposed the defender. So as a team, I think all of them, they have to be more compact.
And listen, as I said, it's brilliant from Arsenal. They actually look at the football. We're talking about the mistakes from West Ham, but they do play through it. Great crossing and great finish. And as soon as that goal went in, it always felt there was only going to be one winner then with Arsenal.
But when you're talking about the way that both teams don't have that compact... nature are we looking at a second half then that we should have expected really a lot more open a couple more chances for both sides yeah i think so also the players are more tired and then they leave more spaces and then it's more difficult for them to attract them back so you have more space you have more options and play with quality they can make the difference
And you need a bit of quality players as well, as we saw from Pepe finally. Yeah, I was delighted he scored because it's not easy coming into the Premier League. Big sign and things haven't gone well. The manager who signed you has left the club. So it's not easy. So I was delighted to see Pepe start, but also... you know, get this goal. We'll let this one run on, look at it from Pepe's point of view.
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