Lukasz Fabianski warns Arsenal that West Ham United will always be a threat as David Moyes has plenty of quality players beyond Michail Antonio, via quotes by football.london.
The Irons visit the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night seeking to beat another London rival this season. West Ham have already edged wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, along with beating Liverpool. But those victories have each come at the London Stadium.
West Ham are without an away win in their last three Premier League trips on the road. They followed defeats to Wolves and Manchester City with a draw at Burnley on Sunday.
Fabianski confident of West Ham threat vs Arsenal
But Fabianski is confident West Ham can cause his former side Arsenal problems when they meet in midweek. The Poland goalkeeper pinpoints Antonio as one of their biggest threats, even though he expects the Hammers’ £7m forward’s recent output will frustrate him.
“We all know that Mich is a big guy for us,” Fabianski said. “It’s not all about scoring goals for him, he is very physical and a big threat getting in behind. Mich does a really good job.
“For sure he would want to score a little bit more goals in recent games, but we have many good attacking players who can score goals. I don’t think there is any issue because if you look at the Chelsea game, we scored three and we scored against Brighton, too.
“We are able to score a good amount of goals. We’re always going to be a threat because of the quality of the players we have.”
Antonio enduring barren run before north London trip
Antonio will arrive in north London to face Arsenal with the West Ham star Fabianski lauds enduring a barren run. The 31-year-old started the Premier League season on fire with four goals and three assists in their opening three games.
However, the Jamaica striker has only scored twice in his following 12 outings, and has not scored in seven games. He has also only provided one assist since last finding the net.
Antonio last endured a spell as bad as his current run – outside of games missed through injuries – in February 2020. He went nine top-flight appearances without scoring between November 30, 2019, and February 24, 2020. He also sat out five games during the period.
Yet while Antonio has not put the ball over the line, Fabianski is right to note the West Ham striker as a threat for Arsenal. The £70k-a-week forward can stretch defences and will harry centre-backs all game to create openings for his teammates to exploit.
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