Arsenal are champions! Eleven moments that decided the Premier League title race in the Gunners’ favour
Of Arsenal’s three remaining games, their trip to the London Stadium looked the most daunting given West Ham’s own desperation for points in their bid for survival. As such, their meeting was a tense affair, with both sides keen to ensure they avoided any errors that could prove terminal to their aims for the run-in.
However, as the game entered its closing stages with the score still 0-0, things began to open up as a draw was no good for either team. West Ham looked sure to go ahead when Mateus Fernandes broke the Arsenal offside trap and bore down on goal, only to be denied by a superb David Raya save. That felt like a huge moment at the time, but its importance was only increased when, moments later, Leandro Trossard’s deflected effort finally broke the deadlock.
That wasn’t the end of the drama, however. Deep into stoppage time, West Ham thought they had levelled when Callum Wilson crashed a shot through a crowd of bodies and over the line. However, following a lengthy VAR delay, the goal was ruled out after Pablo was adjudged to have fouled Raya at the preceding corner.
The scenes in the away end at full-time confirmed how huge of a result this was for Arsenal, as they cleared what they believed to be the biggest hurdle left in their way.
