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By DANIEL DAVIS and SAMI MOKBEL AT THE EMIRATES and ISAAN KHAN AT THE EMIRATES and ALEX JENNINGS AT VITALITY STADIUM and HENRY CLARK AT CRAVEN COTTAGE and IAN HERBERT AT PORTMAN ROIAD and KIERAN GILL AT ST MARY'S Published: 00: 30 AEDT, 23 February 2025 | Updated: 03: 01 AEDT, 23 February 2025 21 View comments Follow Mail Sport's live blog of Arsenal vs West Ham as the Gunners seek a win that would narrow the gap between Mikel Arteta's side and Premier League leaders Liverpool.   By Ian Herbert At Portman Roiad By Dan Davis Let's take a look at the half-time scores in the Premier League. .. By Dan Davis Not a good half for Arsenal. They have plenty of work to do. By Sami Mokbel At The Emirates By Dan Davis The title chasers are behind! Take a bow, Aaron Wan-Bissaka. The full back burst away on the counter attack and delivered onto the penalty spot, where Jarrod Bowen was on hand to touch home. Mikel Arteta is not a happy man. That's a classic sucker punch. By Dan Davis Still nothing to shout about for Arsenal, who have been blunt. Oh, hang on. .. By Ian Herbert At Portman Roiad By Dan Davis It's raining goals and Palace lead at Craven Cottage. A corner from the right whistled past no less than three defenders and Maxence Lacroix reacted to finish from close range. By Dan Davis They're back in it. Kalvin Phillips did well to win the ball back and he slotted through Jack Clarke, who pulled back for Omari Hutchinson. The finish was crisp, leaving Guglielmo Vicario with no chance. By Dan Davis The high-flying hosts are really up against it now. Nelson Semedo's delivery from the right caught out Dean Huijsen and Matheus Cunha snatched up the ball before lifting over Kepa. By Dan Davis Another decent chance for West Ham. Tomas Soucek nodded at David Raya's goal but was unable to steer his effort on target. By Alex Jennings At Vitality Stadium By Dan Davis Illia Zabarnyi has been sent off for Bournemouth. He caught Rayan Ait-Nouri high on the ankle and Michael Salisbury was advised to check his monitor after initially dishing out a yellow. After watching several replays, he upgraded the card to a red. By Ian Herbert At Portman Roiad By Dan Davis By Dan Davis Oooof. Decent chance for Jarrod Bowen, that. Aaron Wan-Bissaka hurtled down the right and picked out Bowen in acres of space, but he could only skew wide with a first-time effort. By Dan Davis Same old, same old for Ipswich. Son Heung-min and Brennan Johnson linked up again, with the latter finishing brilliantly after being found with another cutback. By Kieran Gill At St Mary's By Dan Davis That one was coming. Joao Pedro played a sharp one-two with Georginio Rutter before racing in and clipped over Aaron Ramsdale. Lovely, lovely finish. By Dan Davis Arsenal have stepped it up a notch. Mikel Merino hammered one over the crossbar before Riccardo Calafiori tested Alphonse Areola a few minutes later.

By Ian Herbert At Portman Roiad By Dan Davis Just over the top from Tomas Soucek. Gabriel was beaten to the ball there. You don't see that often! By Dan Davis Ipswich have been punished for being so wasteful. Son Heung-min did magnificently to get to the byline with a step over and he cut the ball back for Brennan Johnson to finish. By Dan Davis There have been plenty of chances at the Vitality already. Matheus Cunha forced Kepa into a decent stop a few minutes ago and at the other end, Bournemouth have just flooded forward. Antoine Semenyo capitalised on Matt Doherty's poor attempted clearance and played to Justin Kluivert, whose dink was saved. By Sami Mokbel At The Emirates By Dan Davis What a challenge from Jacob Greaves. He has just denied Brennan Johnson a tap-in. Shortly after, Lucas Bergvall's strike was blocked. By Dan Davis An early injury blow for Southampton. Captain Jan Bednarek has been forced off with a leg injury. Armel Bella-Kotchap, who last played for them in May 2023, is on. By Dan Davis Declan Rice lofted the ball into Mikel Merino, who competed for a header and nodded back across goal. He's been pretty isolated so far as the lone frontman. By Alex Jennings At Vitality Stadium By Dan Davis Wolves have hit the woodwork at Bournemouth! Nelson Semedo drifted inside from the right and let fly at goal, with his effort skidding across the surface and clattering the base of the post. By Isaan Khan At The Emirates By Ian Herbert At Portman Roiad By Dan Davis West Ham have committed to playing out short from the back at goal kicks and Arsenal are pressing them hard. No shots of note yet. By Dan Davis Bournemouth have started the brighter at Vitality Stadium. Marcus Tavernier pulled the trigger from 20 yards but Jose Sa made a simple enough stop. The hosts can go fourth with a win. By Dan Davis Wide from Liam Delap again. Ipswich are up for this one. By Dan Davis I'm not quite sure how Ipswich haven't scored already. Liam Delap moved into acres of space on the break and forced Guglielmo Vicario into an early save. Jaden Philogene then followed up on the rebound but his effort was blocked on the goalline by team-mate Omari Hutchinson. By Dan Davis As expected, Mikel Merino is leading the line for Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri is on the right with Leandro Trossard on the left. Bright, controlled start from the hosts. By Dan Davis PEEEEP! We're underway around the grounds in the Premier League. By Henry Clark At Craven Cottage By Dan Davis It's probably an understatement to say the odds are stacked against West Ham today. Arsenal have won 37 of their 57 league games against the Hammers, who have picked up just nine victories. Arsenal also hold superior numbers in every key area, including chances created, goals scored and goals conceded. That's why they're flying high near the top of the table. These stats are courtesy of our friends at Squawka. By Ian Herbert At Portman Roiad By Dan Davis It's a pretty grim picture for West Ham in the bottom half. They're 10 points above the relegation zone but sit in 16th. Graham Potter will certainly want to see more from his side. Worryingly for him, Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 15 league games, their longest run since a streak of 16 between December 2011 and April 211. They also haven't lost in their last 15 at home. Gulp. By Kieran Gill At St Mary's By Dan Davis Wow. What a game that was at Goodison Park. It ended 2-2 but Everton were awarded a penalty deep inside stoppage time after Matthijs de Ligt's tug on Ashley Young's shirt. The referee was sent to his monitor and overturned his decision. So much controversy, and that one will rumble on for a while. By Dan Davis As a reminder, Liverpool have an eight-point lead over Arsenal at the top of the table, but they have played a game more. A win this afternoon would move Mikel Arteta's title chasers five points off the pace, creaking that door open a little bit more. The Reds, of course, take on Manchester City in a mouthwatering showdown at the Etihad tomorrow. I can't wait for that one. By Dan Davis Ange Postecoglou looked a pretty happy chap as he took a walk around the pitch at Portman Road. It's another big day for his side. Spurs, of course, beat Manchester United last time out and they will look to make it two wins on the bounce this afternoon. They're 13th and six points adrift of Brighton as it stands. By Dan Davis By Dan Davis It's all happening at Goodison Park! United, somehow, are level. You can follow the closing stages via our live coverage below. By Dan Davis Mikel Arteta has fired a warning to Raheem Sterling, telling him to deliver for his injury-depleted frontline. Sterling has started just four league games so far this season. Arteta said: By Dan Davis By Dan Davis By Dan Davis By Dan Davis By Dan Davis Let's head to the other 3pm kick-offs and bring you the team news. .. By Dan Davis If you were wondering how Manchester United were getting on this lunchtime, Rio Ferdinand just told them to learn lessons from Everton. He also said his former club's display has been 'embarrassing'. David Moyes' side lead 2-0 and they've been magnificent. As for Ruben Amorim, well, it's gone from bad to worse. By Dan Davis This man is a huge miss for West Ham today. Lucas Paqueta is out this afternoon and will also sit out of the next game after picking up an ankle injury in training. He suffered the knock after colliding with team-mate Aaron Wan-Bissaka and was removed from the session by medics. Graham Potter said it was innocuous but he won't be a happy man. By Dan Davis By Dan Davis It was quite some impact from Mikel Merino at Leicester last time out. Be honest, who saw that display coming? His second-half double secured a crucial 2-0 win for Arsenal despite them missing the likes of Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz. He was brought off the bench and did his job to perfect, meeting two searching balls into the box with all the prowess of a born No 9. Mikel Arteta will hope for more of the same today. By Dan Davis Graham Potter has made four changes to his side. Jean-Clair Todibo and Aaron Cresswell are in ahead of Kostantinos Mavropanos and Emerson in the backline. Oliver Scarles and James Ward-Prowse have also been given the nod, with Carlos Soler on the bench and Lucas Paqueta out through injury. By Dan Davis It's two changes for Arsenal. Leandro Trossard will shift across to the left with Raheem Sterling among the substitutes. He was disappointing last weekend. Riccardo Calafiori has been given the nod over Myles Lewis-Skelly. By Dan Davis We're all set at the Emirates on a big afternoon for Arsenal. Somehow, they're still in the title race picture despite a string of injuries. Mikel Merino was the unlikely hero last time out. Will he step up again at No 9 or will be brought on as an impact substitute? Ethan Nwaneri is likely to start but Raheem Sterling could be dropped. We'll have the full team news in just a few minutes. By Dan Davis Bournemouth v Wolves (15: 00) Ipswich v Tottenham (15: 00) Southampton v Brighton (15: 00) Arsenal v West Ham (15: 00) Fulham v Crystal Palace (15: 00) Aston Villa v Chelsea (17: 30) By Dan Davis Welcome, welcome. Everyone looking forward to another bumper day of Premier League football? You just can't beat a Saturday 3pm. There are no less than five games to sink your teeth into this afternoon, and we'll keep you across them right here. Our main focus will be on Arsenal v West Ham at the Emirates, where a win for the hosts would move them five points behind Liverpool. Dare I say it, but does that open up the title race again? We shall see. Let's get stuck in. Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group