Mikel Arteta explained his "tough" decision to bring Martin Zubimendi off in Arsenal's win over West Ham, having substituted him on before half-time.The Gunners beat West Ham 1-0 to remain in control of the Premier League title race.

White was replaced by Martin Zubimendi as Arteta opted to shift Declan Rice to right-back. That move was not a successful one and Arsenal lost control for the final 20 minutes of the first-half. Arteta brought on Cristhian Mosquera at half-time and moved Rice back to midfield, a change that appeared to be a reaction to that.

Arsenal beat West Ham 1-0 in a game which included an experiment playing Declan Rice at right-back from Mikel Arteta; Ben White came off injured with Rice filling in instead of Cristhian Mosquera, who eventually came on at half-time;