Arsenal will reach Christmas atop the Premier League table after a 1-1 draw with second-placed Liverpool. Meanwhile, Manchester United crashed to a dismal 2-0 defeat at West Ham as goals from Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus piled renewed pressure on under-fire boss Erik ten Hag.
Elsewhere, Spurs moved up to fourth while history was made at Craven Cottage.
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Ten Hag’s side were blown away by West Ham’s late strikes at the London Stadium, condemning them to an eighth Premier League loss already this season.
United, languishing in eighth place, have managed just one win in seven games in all competitions.
They have lost three of their last four matches and failed to score in any of them for the first time since 1992.
It has been a wretched second season for Ten Hag, whose team have been eliminated from Europe after finishing bottom of their Champions League group, while also crashing out of the League Cup.
United have lost 13 games in all competitions this season — their most defeats before Christmas since 1930-31 when they finished bottom of the table.
“In 2023, we won a Cup, we played the FA Cup final, we were third in the league. There were highlights but we are over-performing, but in this moment we are underperforming,” Ten Hag said.
“There are reasons for it, we have many injuries, so the team will be better if the injured ones return.
“We have to be calm, stick together, stick
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