West Ham v Arsenal LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Gunners move into second place

Arsenal plundered another hatful of goals at West Ham as they climbed up to second in the Premier League with a frenetic 5-2 victory.

The Gunners can now put their feet up and watch title rivals Liverpool and Manchester City try to take points off each other on Sunday after what was a breathless encounter – or first half at least – at the London Stadium.

Just as they had at Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday night, Arsenal had five different scorers, with Gabriel, Leandro Trossard, Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka finding the net.

Chris Wood’s second-half penalty was decisive as Nottingham Forestreturned to winning ways with a 1-0 home Premier League victory over Ipswich.

Wood maintained his impressive goalscoring form this season by emphatically converting from the spot soon after the interval to lift Forest up to sixth in the table.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s high-flyers had climbed up to third at the start of this month before back-to-back defeats to Newcastle and Arsenal halted their eye-catching rise.

Thomas Frank labelled Kevin Schade a “shining star” after his hat-trick helped Brentford claim a dominant 4-1 victory over Leicester at the Gtech Community Stadium in the Premier League.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was in attendance ahead of his imminent start as Leicester manager, witnessed Facundo Buonanotte open the scoring for the Foxes before Yoane Wissa’s eighth of the season levelled the match.

Schade had set Wissa up for the earlier strike before he turned scorer with a neat finish into the bottom left corner, with his deft chip over Mads Hermansen doubling his tally before half-time.

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola considered stopping Justin Kluiverttaking his third penalty in the 4-2 win at Wolves which saw the Dutchman create Premier League history.

Kluivert became the first player to score a hat-trick of penalties in the competition as the Cherries ran riot at Molineux in a crazy game which saw four goals in the first 18 minutes.

Two of those were Kluivert spot-kicks either side of Milos Kerkez’s goal and after Jorgen Strand Larsen’s second goal of the day for Wolves brought it back to 3-2 in the second half, the Cherries forward completed his rare treble to wrap up the points.

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe described Crystal Palace’s added-time equaliser at Selhurst Park as an “absolutely devastating blow”.

Daniel Munoz struck in the 93rd minute to secure a 1-1 draw that lifts Palace out of the relegation zone after a Marc Guehi own-goal had given the visitors the lead against the run of play.

Newcastle appeared to have claimed all three points despite failing to register a single attempt on target and only one shot all afternoon – compared to Palace’s 16. Munoz’s header ruined their celebrations, however.

Liverpool face Manchester City at Anfield with the chance to go 11 points clear of Pep Guardiola’s champions at this early stage of the Premier League of the season.

Arne Slot’s excellent start to life at Liverpool continued with a superb victory over Real Madrid and the Reds are flying into the second of two huge games at Anfield this week.

City, by contrast, drew 3-3 with Feyenoord after blowing a three-goal lead late on to extend their winless run to an unprecedented six games under Guardiola.

Ilkay Gundogan admitted City’s hopes of winning a fifth Premier League title in a row could suffer a fatal blow if they lose to Liverpool, and even Guardiola has said the champions are fragile.

Liverpool are full of belief but Virgil van Dijk expects a reaction from City and Slot has warned that Guardiola will come up with a solution to show why he is the best manager in the world on Sunday.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the Premier League blockbuster, including the latest team news.

Turning our heads to tomorrow’s clash at the top...

Liverpool will take an eight-point lead into their Anfield showdown with Manchester City in the Premier League.

The champions lost for the fifth game in a row in all competitions as Pep Guardiola’s side were thrashed 4-0 by Tottenham on Saturday night.

And Arne Slot’s side took full advantage as Mohamed Salah scored twice to complete a thrilling comeback win over Southampton at St Mary’s.

Arsenal’s next match is a huge home game against Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United – that kicks off at 8.15pm on Wednesday, 4 December.

West Ham travel to Leicester in their next game, in a match which could have a bearing on the eventual relegation places – that one begins at the same time on Tuesday, 3 December.

West Ham boss Lopetegui also spoke to Match of the Day, and he said that “overall, I am frustrated in the first half”.

“We deserved two goals, but they didn’t deserve five. We were unlucky in the decisions, in my opinion. The first goal I think it was a block.”

On Fabianksi fouling Gabriel, he says: “I think it was a bit soft. We were unlucky. We have to do better for sure. We didn’t take good decisions in a defensive way - that’s why it was a strange match. The team showed character to compete.

“We were unlucky with the decisions today. We asked before the match, the referee with the block, as a coach we have to know the limit. This week we have to do better in our individual actions in a defensive way.”

 “It is always difficult to not stay on the bench because you can’t help the team and I was very frustrated.”

West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen also spoke to Sky, and he says that “there was a lot down to us, how we were without the ball and a couple of mistakes as a team”.

“Set-pieces we worked hard knowing they were a threat. Two penalties and they’re just frustrating goals to concede.

“We were fighting back and we got to 4-2. I felt if we got in at half-time at 4-2 then there was an opportunity.”

On the second half, he adds: “Then in the second half we had a go. The fans were brilliant, but ultimately we weren’t good enough. The positive is we play in 72 hours and games are coming up thick and fast. Tomorrow is a new day and it is all focus towards Leicester.“