Arsenal remained just two wins away from winning the Premier League again after beating West Ham United by 0-1 in a game marked by tension, David Raya's decisive interventions and a VAR review late in the year. dido that ended annulling the draw of the local team. The team led by Mikel Arteta resisted until the end in the London Stadium and took advantage of a goal from Leandro Trossard to hold a key victory in the final stretch of the season.

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The definition of the match came in the final minutes. Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice built a wall that broke West Ham's defense and left Trossard in position The Belgian attacker defined with precision in the 83 minute and triggered the celebration of the visiting bench, aware of the transcendence of the three points.

However, the drama appeared in the last action of the match. Callum Wilson scored the tie in the 99th minute, but the referee received a call from the VAR to review a possible infraction on David Raya during the play.

After three minutes of analysis, the referee invalidated the goal by considering that Pablo committed a foul on the Spanish goalkeeper in the jump, a decision that caused strong claims from the West Ham bench.

Raya's performance was determining long before the final controversy. The goalkeeper avoided the tie with two high-level interventions: a stretch before a c a shot by Taty Castellanos just before break and a save with his foot in front of a shot by Mateus Fernandes when there were fifteen minutes to go.

Raya holds Arsenal and West Ham gets complicated

Arteta's team dominated large part of the first half and generated several dangerous situations from the start. Riccardo Calafiori was close d and opened the scoring on different opportunities and Trossard also demanded goalkeeper Mads Hermansen with a shot that ended hitting the crossbar.

Set actions again become one of Arsenal's main offensive weapons, although this time without effectiveness immediate activity. Gabriel headed over the goal and Konstantinos Mavropanos avoided the goal on the line on more than one occasion.

The match suffered a major interruption due to the injury of Ben White, who left the field assisted by the medical corps. The situation generates worry cupation due to the proximity of the World and to the possibilities that the defender had of entering the England call led by Thomas Tuchel.

In the second half, the pace dropped and West Ham managed to balance the development. Even so, Arsenal found backup in Raya everytime the match seemed to slip away. Mateu s Fernandes had the clearest opportunity for the home team, but the Spanish goalkeeper reacted with an intervention that prevented the goal when a large part of the stadium was already celebrating.

With this result, Arsenal maintains control of the fight for the title and is two victories away from being crowned English champion for the first time in 22 years. On the other hand, the picture for West Ham becomes more complicated.

The London team remains committed to permanence and could be four points away from salvation if Tottenham Hotspur wins its next game.