Arsenal hoi kwa West Ham, imekubali kipigo cha mabao 2-0
Mauro Zarate (katikati) akishangilia na wenzake baada ya kuifungia West Ham bao la pili katika dakika ya 57.
Mashabiki wa West Ham wakishangilia ushindi dhidi ya Arsenal leo.
Patashika langoni mwa West Ham.
Olivier Giroud akijaribu kuifungia Arsenal bila mafanikio.
Cheikhou Kouyate akiifungia West Ham bao la kwanza katika dakika ya 43.
Kocha wa Arsenal, Arsene Wenger akilalamika wakati wa mchezo wa leo.
KLABU ya Arsenal imekubali kipigo cha mabao 2-0 kutoka kwa West Ham katika mechi yao ya kwanza ya Ligi Kuu ya England leo.Mechi hiyo imepigwa katika dimba la Emirates, London ambapo vijana hao wa Arsene Wenger wamekubali kichapo hicho huku mabao yakifungwa na Cheikhou Kouyate dakika ya 43 na Mauro Zarate katika dakika ya 57.
Vikosi:
Arsenal: Cech, Debuchy (Sanchez 67), Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin (Walcott 58), Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Giroud
Waliokuwa benchi: Gibbs, Gabriel, Arteta, Ospina, Chambers
West Ham: Adrian, Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Oxford (Nolan 79), Noble, Kouyate, Payet, Zarate (Jarvis 63), Sakho (Maiga 89)
Waliokuwa benchi: Randolph, Collins, Poyet, Lanzini
And so, it
turns out, there's more to plotting a credible assault on the Barclays
Premier League than signing a prized goalkeeper from the champions.
The
£10million outlay on Petr Cech was chiefly responsible for firing
optimism among fans who have not savoured the title for more than a
decade.
When Arsene Wenger beat nemesis Jose Mourinho in the FA Community Shield, it crept a little higher still.
Mauro Zarate (centre) heads towards
the away end at the Emirates to celebrate putting West Ham into a 2-0
lead against hosts Arsenal
West Ham striker Zarate is followed by team-mate Aaron Cresswell as he leaps into the air to celebrate the Hammers' second goal
West Ham's travelling supporters go
wild inside the Emirates as Zarate is mobbed by his team-mates following
his 57th minute goal
Zarate, who spent an unsuccessful loan
spell at Queens Park Rangers last season, makes it 2-0 with a low
strike from 20 yards out
Petr Cech looks frustrated after
failing to keep out Zarate's shot on his Premier League debut for Arsene
Wenger's title hopefuls
Arsenal
had finished the last campaign in such terrific form and Wenger bagged
another FA Cup before spending the summer talking up the value of
continuity and cohesion.
Chelsea
even started with a stumble and, as kick-off loomed on Sunday, a
crackle of anticipation rippled along the Holloway Road.
Inside the Emirates Stadium, Cech's name was greeted with a triumphant roar.
Then, the serious business started.
West
Ham turned up, armed with an ambitious new manager and a team, rippling
with the sort of strength, athletic presence and set-piece menace
usually associated with their old boss.
Cheikhou
Kouyate opened the scoring with a header from a free-kick, just before
half-time; a goal which wrenched the game from its predictable rhythms
of heavy periods of Arsenal possession and wasted chances.
Mauro Zarate made it two for the visitors, soon after the restart and a different mood descended upon the restless natives.
One of frustration mingled with mild panic. Concerns about the same old problems appear set to linger on beyond the optimism.
Still
flimsy at the back and lacking punch up front in the absence of Alexis
Sanchez and with Mesut Ozil oh-so-easily neutralised by a 16-year-old,
debutant in an unfamiliar position.
Then, perhaps most depressingly of all for Arsenal, there was Cech...
It is not like this at Stamford Bridge, where his goal area was such a secure and well-protected place.
Here, he will exposed with alarming regularity in a side designed to flow forward.
West Ham
midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate wheels away to celebrate after giving his
side the lead against Arsenal late in the first half
Kouyate gets a hug from team-mates
Reece Oxford and Mauro Zarate after scoring his side's opening goal of
the Premier League season
Kouyate rises high to beat summer signing Petr Cech to the ball and head the visitors into a 1-0 lead in the 43rd minute
Cech, a £10million signing from champions Chelsea, watches on as Kouyate's header flies towards the back of his net
West Ham youngster Reece Oxford played in a defensive midfield role against Arsenal, as you can see in his heat map below - CLICK HERE for more from our brilliant Match Zone
Keeping
goal for Arsenal is an entirely different proposition and yet Cech must
hold up his hands and accept blame for two goals soaked in defensive
disorder.
The first came via a free-kick, expertly delivered by Dimitri Payet and converted by a simple header from Kouyate.
Nacho
Monreal on Kouyate was a mismatch born out of Arsenal's lack of inches
across the team, but the full-back's attempt at marking was awful.
Having
clocked the danger, Cech charged out from goal, fists clenched and arms
extended, only to be beaten to the ball and left to roll to a halt on
the turf somewhere near the penalty spot as the ball nestled in his net.
For
the second, Arsenal made a hash of tackling full-back Aaron Cresswell
and, when they did, gave the ball to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who was
nudged aside by Zarate, a striker ridiculed for his weight and lack of
fitness while on loan at QPR last season.
When
no-one closed him down, Zarate took aim and shot early from 20 yards,
finding Cech was off balance and unable to adjust as the ball flashed
inside the post.
'Super,
Super Slav…' sang the jubilant West Ham fans. After their feeble
surrender in the Europa League, no-one had predicted this.
Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla finds himself surrounded by West Ham players during the first-half at the Emirates Stadium
Germany international Mesut Ozil (right) tries his luck from a free-kick as West Ham's wall jumps to try and block his effort
Hammers goalkeeper Adrian dives to his left to palm a shot away and keep the score level at 0-0 on Sunday afternoon
West Ham striker Diafra Sakho (right) bursts forward with the ball as Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin chases him down
Olivier Giroud appears to be knocked out after suffering a clash of heads with West Ham defender James Tomkins
Slaven
Bilic is an instant hero, as is £12m signing Payet and Reece Oxford, at
16 years and 236 days the second youngest player to ever start a game
in the Premier League.
Holding in central midfield, where he shackled Ozil, it was a day the teenage centre-half will never forget.
For
Wenger, the summer feel-good factor lasted less than 90 minutes. And
while he bemoaned his team's lack of 'concentration' and 'organisation'
and their wastefulness and a lack of preparation time, the manager has
to accept some of the blame.
It
was difficult to find the logic in moving Santi Cazorla from a
position, deep in midfield alongside Francis Coquelin, where he has
proved so influential, to a role chiefly wide on the left.
Perhaps
it was to allow Oxlade-Chamberlain freedom on the right, arguably his
best position, while keeping Aaron Ramsey in the team to provide thrust
from midfield.
West Ham youngster Reece Oxford, pictured tackling Ozil, became the second youngest player to play in the Premier League
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic gives instructions to his team from the touchline during his first Premier League game as a manager
Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is sent tumbling after a tackle from former Juventus defender Angelo Ogbonna
Gunners captain Per Mertsesacker challenges goalkeeper Adrian and Hammers defender Winston Reid for an aerial ball
Sakho falls to the ground after tussling with Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny for the ball during a West Ham attack
The
Ox, bright and effective in the opening half-hour, went tantalisingly
close with a swerving volley before a bubbling run and cross to the
back-post which Cazorla nursed over.
Ramsey
rattled the bar with a half-volley which clipped Cresswell, and
squandered another opening when Mathieu Debuchy was better placed.
Cazorla was back in the centre for the second half, but by then the visitors were ahead and digging in to defend.
West Ham protected their goalkeeper with far more purpose than Arsenal.
James Tomkins thwarted Ozil soon after Kouyate’s opener and Winston Reid blocked from substitute Theo Walcott late in the game.
On
came Sanchez. The Chilean was supposed to have taken the day off as
part of his recovery programme following the Copa America tournament but
was pressed into action from the bench. Needs must.
Summer signing Dimitri Payet, pictured moving away from Arsenal star Ozil, impressed on his first Premier League appearance
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud slides in to try and score but Spanish goalkeeper Adrian gets down low to block his attempt
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger complains about a decision on the touchline during the opening period in sunny north London
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