West Ham United vs Arsenal

1. 93'

   Arsenal are now two points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City with a game in hand. They were impressive tonight, although they barely needed to get out of second gear.

2. 93'

   <b>FULL TIME</b> Arsenal coast to an easy 3-0 victory thanks to a brace from Robin Van Persie and a strike from Theo Walcott. If it is to be the end of Grant's West Ham tenure, he has gone out with a whimper.

3. 92'

   Grant looks powerless on the touchline. Unfortunately for him, his team have shown exactly why they are bottom of the league today.

4. 91'

   There is an eerie silence at Upton Park, Avram Grant's final moments are going to be forgettable ones.

5. 90'

   <b>THREE MINUTES ADDED TIME</b>

6. 89'

   Again the corner is taken short, a deep cross tries to find Djourou, but the Swiss defender is crowded out.

7. 88'

   The corner is taken short and played to Wilshere on the edge of the box, his drive is tipped wide by Rob Green.

8. 88'

   <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> <b>Frank Nouble on for Wayne Bridge</b>

9. 87'

   <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> <b>Keiran Gibbs and Andrei Arshavin on for Theo Walcott and Samir Nasri</b>

10. 86'

    Nasri dips inside the challenge of Kovac before shooting from just inside the box, his shot is deflected wide.

11. 85'

    Arsenal have just maintained possession for a ridiculous amount of time. It all ends in rather disappointing fashion as Wilshere loses the ball.

12. 83'

    Arsenal are keeping the ball very well. Their passing is superb at times.

13. 82'

    Emmanuel Eboue charges forward from full back and after playing a one-two with Fabregas he advances into the box. He turns inside neatly, but is eventually blocked off. Surely it would be too much to bear for Hammers fans if Eboue scored?

14. 81'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> <b>Denilson on for Cesc Fabregas</b>

15. 80'

    Another cross, another clearance. West Ham must be pleading for the final whistle.

16. 79'

    Another West Ham free kick, Clichy concedes the foul.

17. 78'

    The delivery is poor and Arsenal clear. West Ham have been well beaten and you have to feel for their fans.

18. 77'

    A free kick to West Ham just inside the Arsenal half...

19. 76'

    <img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> <b>Robin Van Persie converts the penalty!</b> Wayne Bridge has had a shocking debut.

20. 75'

    <b>PENALTY!</b> Wayne Bridge hacks down Walcott as he sprints past him, clear spot kick.

21. 74'

    Avram Grant is still barking out orders from the touchline, but he must be wondering whether there is any point?

22. 73'

    The match has been incredibly flat in the second half. Arsenal sucked all the life out of West Ham with their first half display.

23. 72'

    Cole seems to have recovered, a crumb of comfort for West Ham.

24. 71'

    He's back on his feet, but walking gingerly.

25. 70'

    More bad news for West Ham, Carlton is down after twisting his ankle.

Leaders

WHUARS

Total Shots

Zavon Hines

3

Robin van Persie

7

Accurate Passes

Radoslav Kovác

27

Jack Wilshere

78

Saves

Robert Green

8

Wojciech Szczesny

3

More from this season series: ARS leads series 4-0-1

• ARS 1 vs WHU 0Final, Oct 30
• ARS 2 vs WHU 0Final, Mar 20
• ARS 1 vs WHU 1Final, Mar 20
• WHU 1 vs ARS 2Final, Jan 3
• WHU 2 vs ARS 2Final, Oct 25

More EPL games on January 15

• Chelsea11-5-62

  Blackburn8-4-110
  Final
• Man City13-6-44

  Wolves6-3-133
  Final
• Stoke9-3-102

  Bolton7-9-70
  Final
• West Brom7-4-113

  Blackpool8-4-92
  Final
• Wigan4-10-81

  Fulham4-11-71
  Final