Arsenal vs West Ham United
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Who won: West Ham 3-2
West Ham United beat Arsenal 3-2 on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at Highbury. Goals for Arsenal: Thierry Henry (45') and Robert Pires (89'). Goals for West Ham: Nigel Reo-Coker (25'), Bobby Zamora (32') and Matthew Etherington (80').
Play by play
- 94'
FULL-TIME: A dreadful defensive performance costs Arsenal dear as West Ham net three counter-attack goals to seal a great victory. Problems for Wenger; delight for Pardew.
- 92'
Arsenal are knocking the ball direct in an effort to get the ball up-field quickly, but West Ham are doing a good job of mopping up the loose pieces.
- 91'
It's ten men behind the ball for West Ham at the moment as Arsenal win a corner.
- 90'
Arsenal don't really deserve a point from this match, and if West Ham can hold on for four additional minutes, they won't get one.
- 89'
GOAL! Arsenal grab a late lifeline. Bergkamp smashes a low volley in towards the near post, where Hislop makes a good low save. Unfortunately for the Hammers keeper, the ball drops to Pires who slots home.
- 88'
Etherington again beats Flamini for pace down the right and feeds a good cross in to the middle towards Harewood, but the off-side flag stops the move in its tracks.
- 87'
Arsenal have three weeks to drag themselves up and improve their defence before they face Real Madrid in the Champions League.
- 86'
WHAT A SAVE! Pires and Henry combine on the edge of the penalty area, but Hislop gets down to make a superb low save to turn Pires' shot wide of the post for a corner.
- 85'
Some committed defending from Gabbidon and Ferdinand deny Henry the chance to shoot from close range.
- 84'
There will be plenty of soul-searching required by Arsenal over the next couple of days; they have not played well at all tonight, and this defeat leaves them really struggling in the Premiership.
- 83'
West Ham win a corner and the chance to waste a little more time as Etherington and Harewood combine well down the Hammers left.
- 82'
Konchesky matches Ljungberg stride-for-stride before showing good strength to hold the winger off the ball and clear the danger on the Hammers left flank.
- 81'
Henry attempts an audacious over-head kick after controlling a bouncing ball inside the penalty area, but his effort flies narrowly wide of the far post.
- 80'
It has been a real smash-and-grab by the Hammers, but Arsenal's defending has been attrocious tonight.
- 79'
GOAL! Etherington slides home from 12 yards after Reo Coker had robbed Larsson on the right. Pires does his best to keep the ball out on the goal-line, but succeeds only in slamming it in to the top corner.
- 79'
West Ham are doing a good job of wasteing as much time as they can in an effort to see out this match and close in on a great win.
- 78'
Harewood and Lehmann are then involved in a slight altercation off the ball; the Arsenal goalkeeper appeared to try and step over Harewood, who lay on the ground, but just caught him on the back of the head with his knee. The referee takes no action.
- 78'
Harewood feels himself unlucky not to win a penalty as he and Senderos chase down a long ball in to the area.
- 78'
Despite Arsenal having a lot of the ball, Hislop hasn't really been forced in to making many saves in this second half.
- 77'
WEST HAM SUB: Clarke is replaced by Fletcher; the former Stoke player takes an age to leave the field and is replaced by versatile midfielder Fletcher.
- 76'
Gilberto makes a rare run in to the penalty area and wins his side their tenth corner.
- 75'
Bergkamp tries to roll a pass in to the path of Henry, breaking in to the area, but Ferdinand intercepts at the crucial moment.
- 74'
WEST HAM SUB: Ashton replaces Zamora; the former Norwich striker comes on to make his Hammers debut after signing for the club last week.
- 73'
Van Persie is annoyed not to win a free-kick after having his shirt pulled by Clarke.
- 72'
Henry just gets to a Ljungberg through ball before Hislop, but the Gunners skipper can't then find a team-mate with his pass.
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