West Brom vs Arsenal, Premier League - as it happened
Re-live all the action from the Premier League clash at the Hawthorns
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal can end the year ahead of Tottenham if they beat West Bromwich Albion on New Year’s Eve with Arsene Wenger’s side looking to keep on the tails of Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool in the top four race.
With the Gunners 22 points behind leaders Manchester City and out of the title battle, a top four place is the best that the north Londoners can hope for in the league this season, and they will hope to pile further misery on basement club West Brom, who slipped below Swansea yesterday to the bottom of the table.
However, while the match represents the last of 2017 for both sides, Arsenal head into the new year with plenty of concerns surrounding their squad, with Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Özil and Jack Wilshere all out of contract in the summer and fresh reports that he could leave the club as early as next month.
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28' - A promising Arsenal counter-attack led by Alexis Sanchez ends in a tame shot from distance by Granit Xhaka.
Wasteful, to say the least.
30' - Decent stop. Alex Iwobi shoots from distance after cutting inside on his left foot but Ben Foster is equal to it and tips the ball behind for a corner.
35' - Jonny Evans picks up the first booking of the match for a late challenge on Alex Iwobi.
37' - Sead Kolasinac limps off with an injury and is replaced by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
41' - Matt Phillips skips past Ainsley Maitland-Niles before delivering an over-hit cross, which reaches Kieran Gibbs at the far post. He takes a touch before shooting but Hector Bellerin does well to make the block and Arsenal manage to clear the danger.
45' - We'll have two minutes of added time at the end of this opening period.
Half-time - West Brom 0-0 Arsenal
Mike Dean brings the opening period to a close and we are level at the break after a 45 minutes in which Arsenal have struggled to create any clear-cut opportunities. Alan Pardew will certainly be the happier manager at the break.
Calum Chambers and Jay Rodriguez challenge for the ball
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