{"id":332662,"date":"2026-05-11T03:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=332662"},"modified":"2026-05-11T03:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:08:22","slug":"ian-wright-makes-huge-arsenal-and-mikel-arteta-claim-after-west-ham-win-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/ian-wright-makes-huge-arsenal-and-mikel-arteta-claim-after-west-ham-win-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright makes huge Arsenal and Mikel Arteta claim after West Ham win | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Ian Wright after Arsenal\u2019s win at West Ham (Picture: Sky Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ian Wright says Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal will go down because the \u2018best team\u2019 within the club\u2019s history in the event that they win a Premier League and Champions League double.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners moved one other step closer to their first league title since 2004 with a dramatic 1-0 win over West Ham on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta\u2019s side looked set to drop vital points within the title race before Leandro Trossard broke the deadlock on the London Stadium with an 83rd-minute goal.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham must have taken the lead shortly before Arsenal\u2019s opener but David Raya made an excellent save to disclaim Mateus Fernandes from close-range.<\/p>\n<p>The Hammers, battling Arsenal\u2019s north London rivals Tottenham to avoid the ultimate relegation spot, did have the ball behind the online in injury-time as Callum Wilson smashed home from a corner.<\/p>\n<p>However the equaliser was ruled out following a lengthy VAR check as West Ham were adjudged to have impeded Raya as he tried to assert the corner kick.<\/p>\n<p>An important win in east London leaves Arsenal five points clear of Manchester City with two fixtures to play, though Pep Guardiola\u2019s side have a game in hand.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275483717.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28313926\" alt=\"West Ham United v Arsenal - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Mikel Arteta after Arsenal\u2019s dramatic victory (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A primary Premier League title in 22 years is well inside Arsenal\u2019s reach and after that they may attempt to win their first ever Champions League, taking over holders PSG in the ultimate.<\/p>\n<p>Wright believes winning each trophies would make Arteta\u2019s side the best in Arsenal history and surpass the achievements of Arsene Wenger\u2019s Invincibles.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether a Premier League and Champions League double would put this Arsenal team above the long-lasting Invincibles, Wright said on Sky Sports: \u2018I feel so.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2275485314.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28313945\" alt=\"West Ham United v Arsenal - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Leandro Trossard scored Arsenal\u2019s late winner (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018I&#8217;d put them above the Invicibles\u00a0easy\u00a0because this team\u00a0has got\u00a0the\u00a0capability\u00a0of being invincible within the Champions League and to win the Premier League as well\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As great as that Invincible team was and the individuals that they had, this team will surpass them with what\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0done because they may have done something that not even that\u00a0great team\u00a0did.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They are going to have to get a variety of credit for that for what\u00a0they\u2019ve\u00a0been through and the journey\u00a0under this manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They\u2019re obviously playing a very good PSG\u00a0side\u00a0and it can be a battle of\u00a0styles\u00a0but they&#8217;ve themselves there they usually should be there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They\u2019ve\u00a0built this squad and got the players on the bench to assist finish\u00a0games.\u00a0They\u2019ve\u00a0done all of it up until this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In the event that they can finish it off, which I\u2019m praying they&#8217;ll, after all they should\u00a0go down as Arsenal\u2019s best team in history.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the newest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Mikel Arteta confirms double Arsenal injury blow after West Ham win<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Mikel Arteta praises two Arsenal stars and \u2018congratulates\u2019 the referee after West Ham win<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Gary Neville makes Arsenal title claim after dramatic West Ham win<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Wright after Arsenal\u2019s win at West Ham (Picture: Sky Sports) Ian Wright says Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal will go down because the \u2018best team\u2019 within the club\u2019s history in the event that they win a Premier League and Champions League double. 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