Slowly but steadily, Arsenal have maintained their upward movements on the English Premier League and for the first time this season, the Gunners are now in the top-four.
Arsenal’s 2-0 win in Wednesday’s London Derby against West Ham saw them leapfrogging the Hammers into the fourth position.
The goals for Arsenal in Wednesday’s outing came off the boots of Gabriel Martinelli and substitute Emile Smith Rowe as the Gunners overpowered 10-man West Ham at the Emirates.
Martinelli latched onto a through-ball from stand-in captain Alexandre Lacazette that sliced past three defenders and set the Brazilian clear on goal from the left.
Martinelli made up for a miss late in the first half by curling the ball into the far corner in the 48th minute at Emirates Stadium.
Smith Rowe sealed the victory with a clever run and a fine strike from the edge of the area in the 87th that wrong-footed West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.
The players ran to a corner to celebrate as manager Mikel Arteta could finally be allowed to break into a smile on the sidelines.
The win came a day after Arsenal stripped Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of the captaincy and was exactly what the Gunners needed to put the tumult at the club behind them.
Arsenal is now in fourth place with 29 points, leapfrogging the Hammers, which are in fifth with 28.
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