Arsenal 2 Eduardo, Adebayor
West Ham United 0
Arsenal maintained their lead at the top of the Premier League after this win over London rivals West Ham United. The Hammers remained the only team so far to inflict defeat to the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium when they won 1-0 last season despite being pounded senseless.
This time around, there was no repeat of such surprise result with Croatian international Eduardo da Silva continuing his rich goal-scoring form by netting inside the opening two minutes. The strike was his third in two matches after getting a brace at Goodison Park on Boxing Day.
Togolese striker Manu Adebayor who would not be going to the African Nations' Cup this month added the second in the 18th minute 'against the run of play'.
Eduardo began to look the part on why Arsene Wenger splashed nine million pounds during the close season. His arrival perhaps would end the search for a 'fox in box' kind of player to convert most of the chances that are created by our players. Having said that, there are more to the Brazilian born game than just being a goal poacher.
The way he controlled the ball after receiving it from Cesc Fabregas certainly demonstrated his ability and his finish was top drawer. The same could be said with Adebayor whose pace enabled him to nudge the ball past Robert Green while his ability to find the net from the most acute of angle (albeit with a little help from the far post) would win him a few more admirers.
With the match effectively ended at the interval, there was no real threat to Arsenal lead at the top of the Premier League.
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