Our 3️⃣ points as Arsenal produce one of the performances of the season | OneFootball

Arsenal produced their biggest away win in over 60 years on Sunday as they hammered West Ham 6-0 at the London Stadium.

Mikel Arteta’s side went level on points with Manchester City to further demonstrate their title credentials.

Title dreamers to believers

Arsenal impressed against Liverpool last weekend but in the larger picture of the season, that would mean nothing without backing up the result with another win here.

But win they did with one of the most impressive and resounding performances we can remember in a long, long time.

West Ham actually started pretty brightly and although they didn’t create too many openings, the hosts looked like they were about to give Mikel Arteta’s side a tough afternoon.

The floodgates opened on the half hour mark though and the Gunners put on a show for their travelling fans.

Four goals in 16 first half minutes – including two superb set pieces goals from either centre-half – ensured the three points were going back to N7 with some gloss then added in the second 45.

Declan Rice’s rocket made it six to put a cap on a win that had us wondering if we’d just watched the champions-in-waiting.

Rice rises above

The boos rung around the London Stadium – and they weren’t for West Ham’s first half performance.

No, these were coming from minute one for the returning Declan Rice.

David Moyes implored the home fans to give Rice a hero’s welcome on his first appearance back at West Ham since joining Arsenal in the summer.

But that fell on deaf ears with the Hammers supporters booing the England international’s every touch in the opening exchanges.

Rice though, answered with the best possible comeback by providing two assists in the first half and generally performing a cut above every opposition player, and then some.

It was his goal in the second half however that really showed just why the £100m has moved on to bigger and better things.

A first-time strike from 30 yards that flew into the top corner, this was a goal out of the very top drawer from a player who seems to get better every week.

Hammering home

What to make of that if you’re a West Ham fan?

There were plenty of reports this week that coming into this clash the Hammers were about to offer David Moyes a new contract to stay at the London Stadium for a further two years.

And although it would be incredibly rash to renege on a deal after only one result, this really was a humbling of extraordinary measures.

West Ham didn’t just lose this match but completely capitulated and could barely lay a glove on Arsenal at times.

After losing so handsomely to Manchester United last weekend, it was a surprise to see Moyes name an unchanged XI here.

Perhaps that says something about the confidence Moyes has in his squad players or maybe it’s a message to the owners that they need to spend more in the summer.

Whatever the reasons for their lack of changes, it backfired horribly with the east London outfit now down in eighth place.

Games against Nottingham Forest, Brentford, Everton and Burnley in the next few weeks have the air of a turning point at the club and for Moyes.