Arsenal fans sing ‘we are staying up’ as Martinelli, Pepe and Aubameyang inspire comeback against West Ham
ARSENAL fans sang 'we are staying up' as Brazilian sensation Gabriel Martinelli inspired a stunning comeback to leave West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini on the brink.
Striker Martinelli, 18, who started in place of £52million striker Alexandre Lacazette, got the second-half equaliser.
Then, £72m club record buy Nicolas Pepe scored a wonder goal before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rounded it off.
Earlier, Angelo Ogbonna had given the Hammers the lead at the London Stadium.
But after three goals in a little over nine second-half minutes on the hour, the game was turned on its head.
Martinelli became the youngest Arsenal player to score on their first Premier League start at 18 years and 174 days old.
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And Gunners fans sang: "We are staying up."
They then followed that up with: "How s*** must you be, we're winning away."
It looked as though the Irons would inflict an eighth winless game on the hapless Gunners.
Interim boss Freddie Ljungberg was also still looking for his first victory since replacing the sacked Unai Emery.
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They had gone nine games without a win in all competitions.
The 3-1 win was Arsenal's first away victory in the Premier League since the 1-0 triumph at Newcastle on the opening day of the season.
Arsenal climbed to ninth but the Hammers are a point off the drop zone.