LONDON -- With eight minutes of normal time left on Saturday, West Ham United replaced match winner Jarrod Bowen with Evan Ferguson, a striker they signed on loan earlier this month.
If you didn't know better, it almost felt like a move to mock Arsenal. After all, how Gunners boss Mikel Arteta must have wished he could do the same, bereft of attacking options after opting against a midseason signing.
That decision appeared questionable at the time, but after losing 1-0 to the Hammers at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, it has already triggered the biggest question of all: is Arsenal's title race now over?