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Another weekend and another stressful game but who cares, we got three points, so it's on to the next one. We're back in fourth position and only three points away from Chelsea in third.

Going into today's game, we were actually under a lot of pressure to produce a result. Spurs had won their game against Leicester a couple of hours earlier and I bet @blanchy made everyone uncomfortable with the boner he certainly had from seeing his team in the top 4 for a few minutes. 

Anyway, there's really not much *football* to talk about our match today. For most of the game, Arsenal and the Hammers canceled each other out, so there was nothing to pick from either side. 

After getting the first goal from Holdinho's header, we took the lead. That goal was really borne out of thin air, if we were being honest. 

Neither team actually had any rhythm for most of the match and West Ham because both sides basically cancelled each other out. Our goalkeeper was relatively untroubled throughout the match. 

The hammers sparked to life immediately after we took the lead though. They tested Ramsdale and he made a really superb save that deserves all the superlatives. 

A couple of minutes after that Ramsdale save, an effort by Bowen deflected off Gabriel and found its way into our post. It sucked that we conceded and I had resigned that we were going to draw the match but Gabriel and Gabriel thought different. 

Early in the second half, after a bright start from the hosts, we got a corner kick against the run of play. After being marshalled by the hammers, we recycled the ball at the edge of the opposition box. 

The ball got to Gabriel Martinelli and he pinged a delightful ball to the shockingly unmarked Gabriel Maghalese to power in on his head. Fabianski got to the ball but it was too little too late because of the power of the header. 

Eddie Nketiah once again looked bright and had a couple of opportunities to get us a third goal. Unfortunately, the striker's attempts were either saved or slightly mishit. 

Beyond a couple of events, the match was actually a timid affair. For what it's worth, West Ham had an eye on their Europa League fixture against Frankfurt, so Antonio, Soucek, Yarmolenko and 5 other starters had to be rested. 

There's really not much to add to the conversation really. We got three points and now, it is on to the next one. As always, we hope Spurs and Chelsea lose, and we hope we win our games as well. 

We take it one game at a time and I believe that we have the ability to win all our remaining games, including the North London Derby that we've not won at Spurs' stadium in a long time. Until we meet again, up the Arsenal.

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