CAM: Mesut Ozil – 6
Was delightful at times showing the kind of skills we want to see regularly from the German but inexplicably chose to cross instead of shoot when given acres of space in the West Ham box in the second half.
LW: Alexis Sanchez – 5
Had some moments of his usual magic but couldn’t get among the goals or assists today. Was shown a yellow card in the first half for a strange, Diego Maradona-esque handball.
ST: Olivier Giroud – 8
The Frenchman certainly announced his return to the Arsenal XI after starting on the bench against Manchester United.
Gird opened the scoring when the Gunners looked like they might contrive to make it tough for the themselves before setting up both their second half goals with some lovely, intricate one-two play.