London: Arsenal scored two goals late in the first half and then hung on for a 2-1 win at West Ham in an entertaining London derby to climb above their opponent into fifth place in the Premier League.
West Ham had the better of the opening 40 minutes at Upton Park but Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla was then tripped in the area and converted the penalty in the 41st to put the visitors ahead.
Danny Welbeck doubled the lead three minutes later after a pass from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
West Ham kept pressing after the break and Cheikhou Kouyate pulled one back when he rose above Mathieu Debuchy to head into the net in the 54th.
Arsenal had several chances for a third on counterattacks, and then withstood a series of late attacks for their second 2-1 win in three days.
Mame Biram Diouf's second-half double gave Stoke a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion to put more pressure on visiting manager Alan Irvine.
Diouf slotted home in the 51st minute before a lucky deflection off the Senegal forward from Marko Arnautovic's shot 15 minutes later took the ball past Ben Foster once again.
West Brom had put in a creditable away performance up to that point without being able to convert it into goals, and came close to scoring between Diouf's two efforts as Gareth McAuley hit the post.
But with the Baggies falling to their seventh loss in nine matches, speculation about Irvine's future is likely to increase.
West Brom are now 16th, just a point clear of the relegation zone. Things look far better for Stoke, who 10th having registered back-to-back league wins for the first time this season.
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