Declan Rice has been branded ‘disrespectful’ by a West Ham supporter following Arsenal’s 5-2 win at the London Stadium.
Mikel Arteta’s side delivered another impressive first-half performance on Saturday night, scoring all five of their goals in the first half.
Gabriel opened the scoring with a header from a corner in the 10th minute, before Leandro Trossard finished off an excellent passing move to double Arsenal’s advantage.
Martin Odegaard made it three from the penalty spot before Kai Havertz raced through on goal from Trossard’s excellent pass and finished past Lukasz Fabianski.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Emerson pulled goals back for West Ham but Bukayo Saka netted Arsenal’s second penalty of the game to put Arteta’s title challengers out of sight on the stroke of half time.
Rice, meanwhile, was booed by West Ham supporters during his return to his former club.
And one upset West Ham supporter who attended the match made his feelings clear during a live radio phone-in after the game.
‘Just on Declan Rice, obviously what he done for the club was brilliant but celebrating those goals today and moaning the way he does,’ David the West Ham fan told talkSPORT.
‘It’s just a bit disrespectful, that’s just the way I see it’.
West Ham fans also made their feelings clear during the game on X as they are unhappy with Rice’s decision to join Arsenal in a £105 million deal last year.
One West Ham fan wrote: ‘I just enjoyed watching Rice play, I wasn’t against him leaving as such just annoyed where he went I wanted to watch him succeed but now I don’t want him to. It does make me a bit happy when the fans turn on him, he didn’t realise how good he had it.’
Another West Ham supporter added: ‘I think if he goes to any other club in world football apart from Arsenal or Spurs he gets the backing of 100 per cent of the fan base but I think with him going Arsenal it got under a few people’s skins.’
Another West Ham fan wrote: ‘He had the option to go to City but went to a London rival instead considering he left to win trophies, it’s a pretty funny choice. And people aren’t going to like that regardless. I love Declan and don’t agree with the booing but you can’t give people shit for being upset about it.’
The win has put Arsenal second in the Premier League table and six points behind leaders Liverpool, who host Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday.
West Ham’s sixth defeat in 13 Premier League games leaves them 14th in the table, six points above the relegation zone.
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