Arsenal threw away one other two-goal lead to attract 2-2 with West Ham on Sunday and immediate additional questions over the Premier League chief’s title bid.
Every week after drawing with Liverpool by the identical rating, Mikel Arteta’s staff was held by relegation-fighting West Ham at London Stadium.
Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard had fired Arsenal right into a controlling lead, however a Mentioned Benrahma penalty and one other objective from Jarrod Bowen meant the Gunners may solely prolong their lead over second-place Manchester Metropolis to 4 factors.
Defending champions Metropolis have a sport in hand and in addition host Arsenal at Etihad Stadium later this month.
“Very disappointing,” Arsenal supervisor Arteta mentioned afterward. “The way in which we began was very good once more, we have been in whole management, then we misplaced function.
“We gave them hope, conceded a horrible penalty, then credit score to them. We obtained on the curler coaster the place every part goes, corners and throw-ins, and we by no means obtained away from that.”
Metropolis had lower Arsenal’s result in three factors after beating Leicester 3-1 on Saturday.
However there was little signal of the Londoners feeling the stress within the early levels on Sunday, taking the lead within the seventh minute via Jesus and Odegaard added a second within the tenth.
West Ham was handed a route again into the sport when Gabriel fouled Lucas Paqueta within the field and referee David Coote pointed to the spot.
Benrahma transformed within the thirty third to make it 2-1 moving into at halftime.
Arsenal had the possibility to revive a two-goal benefit 9 minutes after the restart, additionally from the spot. Antonio was penalized for dealing with within the field, however Bukayo Saka couldn’t take benefit along with his shot going extensive.
The guests have been nearly instantly made to pay for that wastefulness, with Bowen volleying an equalizer within the 54th.
“A participant who takes penalties misses penalties, I don’t know anybody who hasn’t,” Arteta mentioned.
It was an analogous story to final week when Arsenal led 2-0 at Liverpool, just for the Merseyside membership to fightback and salvage a draw.
It may have been worse for Arteta when Antonio rose to satisfy a cross afterward, however his effort hit the surface of the submit.
A draw leaves West Ham 4 factors away from the relegation zone.
Man Utd climb to third
Antony was at his deadly finest as Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 within the Premier League on Sunday, days after the Brazil worldwide was described by supervisor Erik ten Hag as a participant who can “kill opponents.”
Antony scored one objective and made one other on the Metropolis Floor as United moved as much as third and took one other step towards Champions League qualification.
The $95 million signing from Ajax opened the scoring when turning the ball over the road after Anthony Martial’s shot was saved by Keylor Navas within the thirty second minute.
And after Forest’s on-loan Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper pulled off a string of saves to stop United extending the lead, Antony turned supplier to arrange Diogo Dalot within the 76th.