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Your support makes all the difference.Arsene Wenger elected to continue with David Ospina in goal despite Arsenal No 1 Petr Cech being fully fit.
Cech, Arsenal's only signing last summer, was also on the bench against Watford last week as the Gunners won 4-0 but was not fit enough to start after a calf problem.
The former Chelsea goalkeeper has taken part in full training this week and was expected to return to the starting line-up after an impressive first season in north London.
However, much to the anger of Arsenal supporters on social media, Wenger opted to name an unchanged Xi for the vital game against West Ham United, keeping Cech on the bench and continuing with the Colombian.
Ospina will start his 12th game of the season, but only four of those have come in the Premier League.
He has kept only four clean sheets in the matches he has played, with Arsenal posting a record of five wins, two draws and four defeats in the games he's played, conceding 13 goals.
Here is some reaction to the news:
Arsenal had lead 2-0 in the first-half at Upton Park through Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez and looked very comfortable.
However, former England striker Andy Carroll scored two goals in three minutes just before half-time to make it 2-2.
Neither goal was really Ospina's fault, although both goals came from crosses intot he box that, perhaps, the more commanding Cech may have dealt with better.
Carroll's first was a bullet header from an Aaron Creswell cross, while the former Newcastle United and Liverpool striker scored a brilliant scissor-kick to equalise.
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