Arsenal 0 West Ham 2: Gunners’ title hopes suffer huge dent as VAR controversy mars Hammers’ stunning victory

ARSENAL’S title bid was dealt a huge blow as they suffered a rare home defeat to West Ham.

Tomas Soucek opened the scoring in controversial circumstances after VAR judged Jarrod Bowen to have kept the ball in play by the slimmest of margins in the build-up.

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Jarrod Bowen was judged to have kept the ball in play[/caption]

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Konstantinos Mavropanos came back to haunt his former club[/caption]

West Ham defender Konstantinos Mavropanos then came back to haunt his former club as he scored a brilliant header from a second-half corner to double the visitors’ lead.

The Gunners huffed and puffed in response but were far from their slick and fluid best, with Gabriel Jesus guilty of missing a brilliant headed opportunity.

Mikel Arteta’s side would have went back to the Premier League summit with a win but are now two points off Liverpool, while champions Manchester City have closed to within three points.

Former Hammers star Declan Rice then conceded a last-minute penalty, which Said Benrahma failed to convert.