Time flies, things change, world is not the same place like it was a year or two ago, but one thing stays the same – West Ham United successfully prevent Arsenal from winning the Premier League.Last season, the Hammers lost at home to their London neighbours 2-0, thanks to Tomas Soucek’s controversial opener and Konstantinos Mavropanos’ header. This way, the Gunners were denied the top spot and despite some mouth-watering games in the second part of the season, Mikel Arteta’s boys had to accept another excruciating title loss.WEST HAM GOALLLL JARROD BOWEN SCORES HE ALWAYS DOES IT AGAINST ARSENAL IN A TITLE RACE 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/fZrsi1jiC4— 17 (@DxBruyne17) February 22, 2025 Fast-forward to February 2025 and the North Londoners are going through a similar situation. Instead of exploiting Liverpool’s recent crisis and two draws in the last three EPL games, the North Londoners found themselves again under West Ham’s guillotine at Emirates.Jared Bowen scored the winner in the dying moments of the first half, making it impossible for Arsenal to reduce the gap to Liverpool to just five points ahead of the Reds’ visit to Etihad on Sunday.##NAJAVA_MECA_8726892##For some reason, the Hammers seem to be a genuine kryptonite when it comes to the Gunners, who couldn’t find ways to hurt Graham Potter’s side. Things improved slightly after the half-time break, before young Myles Lewis-Skelly made a horrible mistake at the halfway line. He lost the ball and knocked down Mohammed Kudus as the last man, which resulted in a red card.This is a 100% Red for Lewis Skelly Arsenal😭😭😭😭 bottling it againpic.twitter.com/wVaw0hqYT3— MR (@MarmoushRole) February 22, 2025 Ten-man Arsenal still managed to find energy and strength to push for the equalizer, but all of their offensive flaws became more blatant than ever, especially now when a couple of their starting forwards are sidelined due to injuries. Gabriel and White were quite close to scoring, though, but their decent efforts didn’t end in the back of the net after all.West Ham were winless for almost 40 days ahead of today’s clash, while Arsenal hadn’t lost their last 15 home games. Alas, things were about to change, and Liverpool fans must be thrilled how some things stayed the same.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 29Wednesday Aston Villa – Liverpool 2-2 (2-1)/Tielemans 38, Watkins 45+2 – Salah 29, TAA 61/Friday Leicester – Brentford 0-4 (0-3)/Wissa 17, Mbeumo 27, Norgaard 32, Carvalho 89/Saturday Everton – Manchester United 2-2 (2-0)/Beto 17, Doucoure 32 – Fernandes 72, Ugarte 80/Arsenal – West Ham 0-1 (0-1)/Bowen 44/Bournemouth – Wolves 0-1 (0-1)/Cunha 36/Fulham – Crystal Palace 0-2 (0-1)/Andersen 37 og, Munoz 66/Ipswich – Tottenham 1-4 (1-2)/Hutchinson 36 – Johnson 18,26, Spence 77, Kulusevski 84/Southampton – Brighton 0-4 (0-1)/Pedro 23, Rutter 56, Mitoma 71, Hinshelwood 82/20.30: (2.75) Aston Villa (3.45) Chelsea (2.50)Sunday 17.00: (1.85) Newcastle (3.60) Nott.Forest (4.30)***odds are subject to change***
