To complete the 5-2 triumph, Arsenal and West Ham played one of the most exciting half of Premier League football ever, followed by one of the dullest.
Before a major referee decision gave Arsenal a penalty to score their fifth goal, it appeared as though the Gunners would repeat their six-goal thumping of the previous season. However, a Hammers comeback threatened to rattle Mikel Arteta’s team.
Gabriel goal
In what has become a scarily consistent form of Arsenal goalscoring, Gabriel Magalhaes grabbed the Gunners opener with a header from a Bukayo Saka corner.
The Brazilian has scored so many big goals from these positions that it becomes evident how much Arsenal work on creating these situations for him.