Arsenal vs West Brom LIVE: Stream FREE, TV channel as Willian finally SCORES – West Brom will be down if lose

GOODNIGHT

West Bromwich Albion are down. Arsenal are out (of the Europa League).

But both sides can at least hold their heads up, if not high, after an entertaining encounter at the Emirates.

The Baggies threatened and fought hard, but – not for the first time – were let down by their finishing.

The Gunners, on the other hand, were ruthless in attack and scored three lovely goals through Emile Smith Rowe, Nicolas Pepe and – no joke – Willian.

So it’s two down and one to go in the Premier League. Fulham will join Sheffield United and Albion in the Championship if they lose at home to Burnley tomorrow.

Until then, however, kick back with Mark Irwin’s match report from the Emirates and relive the drama that sealed West Brom’s latest relegation.

ARTETA REACTION

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta cut a relieved figure following his side’s 3-1 win over West Bromwich Albion. Speaking after the game, the Spaniard admitted that tonight’s success was the perfect way to deal with the heartache suffered by those at the club in midweek.

It’s always the best possible remedy to the pain that we have: to win a game and to score three beautiful goals.

Mikel Arteta

FLAT SAM

A clearly disappointed Sam Allardyce has been speaking following the first Premier League relegation of his career, praising his players for the endeavour they showed tonight. However, the West Brom manager failed to comment on whether he would still be at the club next season.

We took the game to Arsenal because we had to, but failed to find the right ball, cross or finish, and then in five minutes of sloppiness, they showed their quality of finishing that we couldn’t find. In the second half, we came out fighting but our major problem is finding the right opportunities in the final third.

It hasn’t sunk in yet, but I’ll probably wake up tomorrow and realise the situation. It’s bitterly disappointing we’re not still in the fight. I’m not saying we would have avoided relegation, but we should have been closer to avoiding it in the final three games.

Our time came and our time has passed. Our real problem was not beating the bottom six when we came up against them. Beating Chelsea, and drawing with Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool should have been bonus points.

[Staying on is] too early to consider or even talk about. When the time is right, we’ll talk about what’s going to happen next season. Tonight is about saying to the lads that they gave their all, and they should have a couple of days off, and then we’ll focus on Liverpool at the weekend.

Sam AllardyceBT Sport