Alexandre Lacazette 8, Willian 5; Pablo Fornals 5 – Arsenal v West Ham player ratings

Arteta relief after late winner despite struggling against the Hammers

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  ARSENAL RATINGS: Bernd Leno - 7, The German put in a decisive performance, saving well from Jarrod Bowen in the second half, showing why he was kept instead of Emiliano Martinez. AP

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  Rob Holding - 5, His battle with Michail Antonio was an intriguing one, but he lost the Hammers man for his goal. AFP

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  Gabriel - 7, Showed he can deal with the Premier League’s physicality, providing a solid performance at the heart of Arsenal’s defence. Made some crucial blocks and showed excellent positional awareness to keep the Hammers at bay. Getty

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  Sead Kolasinac - 5, Came in at short notice and struggled at times, though he did have promising moments and offered good support on the left-hand side. EPA

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  Hector Bellerin - 7, His duel with Arthur Masuaku was a good one to watch, the Spaniard played some intelligent passes. Getty

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  Dani Ceballos - 7, Struggled to control the play for most of the game, though he did improve in the second half after a profligate first 45 minutes. He also had the last laugh when he set up Eddie Nketiah for the winner. EPA

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  Granit Xhaka - 5, The Swiss midfielder was pressed throughout and some of his passing was very poor, but he didn’t cost his team in the end, even if that did involve a little bit of luck at times. EPA

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  Bukayo Saka - 8, Had a say in both of Arsenal’s goals and put in a good defensive shift to help out Kolasinac. A lot of the Gunners’ play went through him. EPA

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  Willian - 5, Struggled to make his mark on the game after starting well and linking with Lacazette, but that was partly down to his teammates not being on his wavelength at times. PA

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  Alexandre Lacazette - 8, Sometimes cumbersome in possession, he did link up the play and helped create chances even when Gunners weren’t on top. Ultimately, took his headed goal well. EPA

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  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - 7, Was often anonymous, but made his mark on proceedings with a classy assist for Lacazette. AP

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  SUBS: Nicolas Pepe (Willian, 64’) - 5, Made some threatening runs, but his distribution didn’t cause many problems. Reuters

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  Eddie Nketiah (Lacazette, 77’) –7, Didn’t have much of an impact in general play but scored the winner. Job done. PA

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  David Luiz (Saka, 89’) – N/A, Helped the Gunners see out the game's last few moments.

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  WEST HAM RATINGS: Lukasz Fabianski - 6, Didn’t have a real chance of stopping either of Arsenal’s goals, but had little to do other than pick the ball out of the net. Getty

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  Ryan Fredericks - 7, Showed a real attacking threat, assisting Antonio’s goal, and also had a decent game defensively. AFP

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  Issa Diop - 6, His trailing leg kept Aubameyang onside for the opener, but he showed an improvement from the Newcastle game. EPA

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  Angelo Ogbonna - 7, He can feel hard-done-by after this result, having put in a strong defensive performance and generally getting the best of Lacazette. AFP

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  Aaron Cresswell - 6, Lost his concentration at times and was guilty of losing Lacazette for Arsenal’s second, but he was largely solid, especially in the second half. EPA

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  Arthur Masuaku - 7, Used his added attacking license to cause a real threat going forward, this formation definitely suits him. EPA

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  Jarrod Bowen - 6, Very busy and played a large role in Antonio’s goal. However, there were times he was a bit too selfish, and he was guilty of playing with his head down. PA

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  Tomas Soucek - 7, Was quiet in the first half, but caused an aerial threat in the second and helped Rice largely win the midfield battle. Reuters

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  Declan Rice - 7, Really solid performance for large parts of the game, making a series of interventions in the middle, even if he did fail to track Lacazette for the home side’s opener. Reuters

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  Pablo Fornals - 5, He struggled out wide, rarely impacting in any meaningful way. He looked more dangerous when he drifted inside, which appears to be a more natural position for him. Getty

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  Michail Antonio - 8, Put in a spirited performance and was rewarded with a goal and also hit the bar with a header. AP

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  SUBS: Andriy Yarmolenko (Bowen, 83’) - 4, Failed to track Ceballos’ run for the winner and didn’t provide much threat of his own. Getty

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  Sebastien Haller (Fornals, 87) - N/A, Given no time to make an impact, despite having scored twice earlier in the week. Getty

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  Felipe Anderson (Masuaku, 89) – N/A, Tried a backheel that didn’t come off, but, like Haller, didn’t exactly get much of a chance. Getty

Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal were lucky to scrape a narrow 2-1 victory over West Ham after Eddie Nketiah came off the bench to score a late winner.

With a fine victory over Fulham last weekend and captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finally signing his new contract, morale was high in the Arsenal camp.

But it took an 85th-minute goal from Nketiah to seal the win after Michail Antonio had cancelled out Alexandre Lacazette's opener on the stroke of half-time.

"We were a little bit lucky for sure but we found a way to win," Arteta said.

"That's the mentality I want. At the end it's three points. There are a lot of things to improve.

"We are still very far from where we want to be. We are still adapting things but it's great to have six points already.

"Between 55 and 65 minutes I could see the team giving up. I tried to lift them up and I saw a different team in the last 20 minutes. We're going to have games like that."

West Ham boss David Moyes felt his side would have been deserving of all three points but singled out video assistant referee decisions that went against the visitors.

There was a tight offside call against Aubameyang for Arsenal's first goal and a potential penalty for handball against Gabriel Magalhaes which was turned down, with Moyes unhappy with the outcomes of both.

"We should have won tonight or at least got a draw," he said.

"Lots of things didn't go for us and we turned off at the last minute which ultimately cost us.

"We are all really disappointed because we feel our performance was good and feel we were let down by decisions.

"Very fine margins on the first goal, then the handball, against Newcastle we had one that wasn't given.

"We aren't going to use them as excuses but we have had a tough night for it tonight.

"It was a massively improved performance from last week (a 2-0 loss at Newcastle), we were good on the ball and more composed.

"We were playing a form team, we are aware of that and I'm disappointed we haven't come away with any points."