Just when Arsenal finally started to smell blood – their Premier League title apparently seemed in smoke.
After Liverpool was held in Villa Park on Wednesday evening, the victory here against West Ham De Gunners would have moved within five points of the pace -Setters of Arne Slot – with every chance that Manchester City could pay them a rare favor on Etihad on Sunday.
But now, towards the end of the game this weekend, they can be no less than 11 points drift and you start to wonder if the almost men of Mikel Arteta will ever get over the line as hymns of “Second Again, Ole, Ole, “Bellowed” from the end.
Even the biggest optimists would now have trouble imagining how Arsenal climbs of the Canvas and display the mental power, mind and quality to dig deep and to turn this around in one way or another.
Jarrod Bowen led the well -deserved winner for the Hammers, who had previously shipped 11 goals in their last two games against the Gunners, while Graham Potter performed a tactical master class to frustrate Arsenal and leave them red.
It is the fourth time that he has won at the Emirates as a visiting manager and he is the second boss ever to win three with three different clubs against Arsenal after the big Carlo Ancelotti.
Myles Lewis-Skelly was fired in the second half because he had pulled Mohammed Kudus and that was just about the biggest show of Fight Mikel Arteta's fading side shown in their search to struggle the game back.
Arsenal now travels to Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and is then confronted with Chelsea after also juggling with two Crunch Champions League last 16 tires against PSV.
Given that they are cracking in demonstrably the simplest competition in the site, you can only feel that their season is a serious danger to evaporate at a rapid pace.
It took Arsenal about 22 minutes to register a shot on goal when Riccardo Calafiori one in the gloves of Alphonse Areola Fizzed, but in reality it was West Ham that looked much more threatening.
Tomas Soucek went twice after two rising runs in the box, while Arsenal was given a big disappointment when Bowen switched a remarkable chance of the goal.
But the Passive Gunners, who looked dysfunctional in attack with Mikel Merino who operated as an improvised striker after his Leicester-Double, seemed to underestimate their opponents and the quality of West Ham Wing-Back Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
The impressive ex-manchester United-man made several driving on the right flank and at 44 minutes he made a mockery of Calafiori's informal approach to defend, to ride the name rule and cross for Bowen to go home gratefully home.
Former Hammers captain Declan Rice went to sleep and was unable to follow his good friend and old teammate who supplied his third consecutive Premier League-road.
Wrestling rice was addicted to 55 minutes – to the large entertainment of the traveling believers – after West Ham almost doubled their advantage when a low cross closely awarded bowen at the back post.
Areola had to remain determined to keep Leandro Trossard out, but blocked his feet when Arsenal started to turn the screw. But panic followed quickly and naivety, the Gunners got better when West Ham hit the hosts with a fool in the break.
Kudus, who ran the side of Arteta, burst away from replacement Lewis-Skelly and in an act of despair, the full-back the Ghanaese dragged to the ground.
Craig Pawson initially waved in a yellow, but after a VAR review, Lewis-Skelly received his second red card in four top matches.
Ill-Discipline has plagued their season and the sign of Ethan Nwaneri barely swings up the mood a few minutes later before Ben White flashed closely wide with death.
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