Arsenal defeated West Ham 5-2 in their derby encounter at the London Stadium on Saturday.
The late kick-off of the day saw all seven goals delivered in a frantic first half, with the Gunners showing their superiority over the Hammers.
Bukayo Saka was again influential for the visitors, scoring two assists. The winger also won a penalty in a match with different goal scorers.
The attacker of Nigerian heritage provided the assist for the opener on ten minutes as his corner-kick delivery was flicked in by Gabriel Magalhaes. He also laid another for Leandro Trossard to double the lead on 27 minutes.
Arsenal went 4-0 up when captain Martin Odegaard slotted home a penalty won by Saka before Kai Havertz dispatched the fourth following a defensive blunder.
Although defenders Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Emerson halved the deficit for West Ham, Saka bagged a goal his performance deserved from a second penalty-kick awarded for a foul on Gabriel on the stroke of halftime to restore a three-goal gap.
There was no further goal action in the second half as Mikel Arteta’s men saw out the encounter, securing a win that moves them to second place on the log with 25 points from 13 matches, two more than third-placed Manchester City but six points away from pace setters Liverpool.
In other matches of the day, Wilfred Ndidi played all 90 minutes as Leicester City succumbed to a 4-1 loss at Brentford, while Taiwo Awoniyi was an unused substitute in Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 win over Ipswich Town.
RESULTS
Brentford 4-1 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-4 Bournemouth
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Ipswich Town
West Ham United 2-5 Arsenal