Arsenal add another two second-half goals to their four-goal buffer from the first 45 minutes, completing a resounding and record-breaking 6-0 victory at the London Stadium.
Any hope of West Ham responding after half-time was soon quashed by Bukayo Saka, who lashed in his second and Arsenal’s fifth goal in the 63rd minute.
Further salt was rubbed in West Ham wounds two minutes later, as former captain Declan Rice thumped in a piledriving effort from 25 yards to make it 6-0, with no signs of life coming from the home side.
Substitutes Elneny and Nketiah both drew late saves from Areola as Arsenal refused to lower the ante, but no further goals would come as the Gunners go level on points – and goal difference – with second-placed Manchester City.
Their biggest ever home defeat in the Premier League leaves West Ham eighth in the table, and that 6-0 drubbing is a result they need to bounce back from as quickly as possible.
