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Arsenal keep top four hopes alive with win over sorry West Ham

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Arsenal picked up a vital win over West Ham to move back into top-four contention.

LONDON -- Three quick thoughts from Arsenal's 3-0 Premier League win over West Ham at the Emirates on Wednesday.

1. Gunners breeze past sorry Hammers

Arsenal stepped over Manchester United into fifth place in the table to restore hopes of returning to the top four, while West Ham's run of six successive defeats has them looking over their shoulder towards the Premier League's bottom three.

Relegation now looms large and dangerously for Slaven Bilic's team, just five points clear of 18th-placed Swansea, outclassed by an opponent given far too much space to mess up the chance of securing a morale-boosting win, Arsenal's first in the Premier League since beating Hull 2-0 on Feb.