ARSENAL blew the chance to regain top spot as they crashed to a stunning defeat.
Tomas Soucek gave West Ham a 13th-minute lead after VAR could not prove the ball was out of play in the build-up.
It took a lengthy - and inconclusive - VAR check that saw Michael Oliver's on-field decision upheld.
Former Arsenal defender Konstantinos Mavropanos then rubbed salt in the wound with a second.
It could have been worse as Declan Rice of all people then conceded a penalty for a trip on Emerson deep into injury time but Said Behrahma saw his spot-kick saved by Arsenal keeper David Raya.
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