{"id":433364,"date":"2023-04-16T11:29:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=433364"},"modified":"2023-04-16T11:29:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T15:29:58","slug":"arsenal-blunder-two-goal-lead-in-second-game-in-succession","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/arsenal-blunder-two-goal-lead-in-second-game-in-succession\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal blunder two-goal lead in second consecutive game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal were held to a frustrating 2-2 draw against relegation-threatened West Ham, having secured an early 2-0 lead on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It ends in a draw in east London <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/czLc0zw2Ey\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/czLc0zw2Ey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arsenal (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1647615144720039936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe Gunners looked in full control in the opening stages as the title contenders blitzed two goals in the opening 10 minutes through Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal fairy-tale start was cut short when they conceded a cheap penalty in the 33rd minute and the deficit was reduced to 2-1 with cold-blooded strike from West Ham&#8217;s Said Benrahma.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal had a golden opportunity to regain their two-goal lead early on in the second half when the ball hit Michail Antonio raised arm inside the penalty box and the away team were awarded with a 12-yard kick.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for them, Bukayo Saka, who had an average game for his incredible standards did not held his nerve and sent the ball wide from Fabianski goal.<\/p>\n<p>That was the boost West Ham needed as they immediately regrouped for an attack an only 2 minutes later found an equalizer with an exceptional strike from Jarrod Bowen.<\/p>\n<p>The East London team even had a chance of a full comeback as they hit the post in the dying moments.<\/p>\n<p>The draw is yet another setback to Arsenal, who throw away a 2-goal lead in a second consecutive weekend and are now 4 points clear of Manchester City with the Citizen having a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>All that adds to the drama of the highly expected clash between the two team on April 26, which promises to be a title decider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal were held to a frustrating 2-2 draw against relegation-threatened West Ham, having secured an early 2-0 lead on Sunday. It ends in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":433365,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17383,17034,18835,16862],"news_category":[14235,136],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"The gap at the top tightens up","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/433364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/433364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433364"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=433364"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=433364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}