Arsenal against West Ham United

Cole finds Bowyer in the box, and he looks to be tripped by Keown but referee Dean waves play on

Jeffers is put through once again and this time it's James who denies he England Under-21 star, pushing the ball around the post

Henry finds Jeffers in the box, but he hits the side-netting with his effort

Double change for Arsenal. Francis Jeffers and Oleg Luzhny come on for Dennis Bergkamp and Sylvain Wiltord

Henry cooly slotted the ball past James with a first time shot. That's his hat-trick and it takes him to the top of the Premiership scoring chart

GOAL!!!!!

Bergkamp plays the ball down the rigth flank to Pires, who plays a first time ball square to Henry who's completely unmarked and through on goal...

A second change for West Ham as John Moncur comes on in place of Edouard Cisse

As Bowyer brings the ball forward he's felled by a late Parlour challenge. Yellow card for the substitute

Bowyer pushes Pires off the ball. No free-kick

Henry's one-against-one with Dailly and looks to push the ball ahead of the West Ham man. His touch is poor and James can race out to take the ball

Lauren is booked for a foul on Minto

West Ham make a change now with Scott Minto replacing Nigel Winterburn

Cole tries to find Defoe down the right wing, but Keown gets there first to knock the ball out of play

Arsenal pass the ball along the back-line and around with ease. Ole!

Arsenal opt for the slow build up and it comes to nothing

Bergkamp crosses from the right, the ball hits Pearce and that's a corner

Offside against Defoe. West Ham don't look like getting back into this game

Bowyer fouls Henry, clipping away at his heels

Lauren fouls Sinclair. Free-kick to the Hammers, but nothing comes of it

The West Ham players are protesting furiously with referee Dean. They claim Bowyer was fouled by Bergkamp before the Dutchman crossed into the box - but it will do them no good

Henry rose unmarked and placed a powerful header past James to give the 'keeper no chance. 2-1 to Arsenal, and Henry's first ever headed goal for the Gunners!

GOAL!!!!!

Bergkamp turns his defender on the left flank and delivers a sublime cross to the back stick and Henry rises...

Bowyer finds Cisse just inside the area, and he backheels to Sinclair on the edge of the box only for the England international to fire way over the bar

Sinclair is penalised for handball when he was on the ground. Free-kick

A change for Arsenal. Ray Parlour makes his comeback from injury in place of Edu

Gilberto shoots from long range. There's a defection off a West Ham defender and it's another corner - which James claims

Arsenal win a string of corners, desperate to forge a lead again, but the Hammers' defence remains strong

Now Bergkamp tries a snap shot from 20 yards, but he too fires way into the stand

Van Bronckhorst floats the ball in from the left and both Campbell and Keown are denied by James

Gilberto is fouled by Cisse on the touchline. Free-kick and a chance to deliver into the box

Arsenal grafting away, trying to find the second goal. But West Ham remain resolute

Pires lays the ball off to Van Bronckhorst on the edge of the box. It's a good strike, but James is there again and he collects at the second attempt

Bergkamp lays the ball off for Henry on the edge of the box, but Henry balloons his effort high into the stand

Bergkamp crosses from the left only for the struggling Pearce to head behind - although he was pushed in the back by Edu. Free-kick

Van Bronckhorst finds Bergkamp in the box, but the Dutchman's header is claimed by James

...James makes a great save once again, diving to his left. The flag is up for offside anyway, although it seemed a close call

Edu manages to knock the ball throught to Bergkamp who's in the clear...

Wiltord is felled by Cisse. Free-kick

Bergkamp tries to find Henry with a deep ball and Dailly concedes the corner

Henry clips the ball over the top only for Breen to intercept and clear

Pearce's back on the field, but looks to be struggling

Bergkamp brings down Breen, and that's a booking for the Dutch forward

James is up now but Pearce looks to have a more serious knock to his knee. He's up - although he's hobbling and West Ham may have to make a change

Pearce and James collided when trying to close down Henry and need treatment

Henry is sent through on the right, despite a hint of offside. He tucks the ball back for Gilberto but both Bowyer and Dailly get in the way to block his effort

West Ham get a free-kick on the left flank after hand-ball by Wiltord. Bowyer takes, but straight into the grasp of Seaman

Arsenal get us underway once again

It's still an uphill task for West Ham with only ten men, and Arsene Wenger will not be happy that his side have thrown away their lead. All points to an interesting second half

Edu will have a few appologies to make in the dressing room at the break after he gifted a goal to West Ham... and it could have been worse as the visitors pushed on

Arsenal should have pushed on after been gifted the opening goal after Lomas tugged back Pires in the box. The Gunners have failed to find the next gear and were made to pay

And there goes the half-time whistle

Defoe is found in space in the box and his shot is blocked. The ball breaks back to Cole but he too finds his path to goal shut off

Van Bronckhorst crossses from the left wing, but there's no-one in the box for Arsenal and West Ham can clear

Two minutes to be added on

...James again makes a good save, knocking the ball over the bar with his body. The corner comes to nothing

Wiltord collects the ball on the left-edge of the box and makes the diagonal runs across the box. Pires gets in his way but Wiltord eventually shoots...

Ten-man West Ham have equalised against the run of play, and now have the upper hand as the game edges towards the interval

Bowyer is sent crashing to the floor by Bergkamp. Free-kick in the centre of the park

A woeful back-pass by Edu, and Defoe raced onto the ball and slotted it under Seaman and into the back of the net. West Ham back on level terms!

GOAL!!!!!

Cole collects on the right but loses out to Edu. The Brazilian looks to play the ball back to Seaman but the pass is way short and Defoe runs onto it...

Arsenal seem to be playing in first gear, ready to step up the pace for the second goal at any moment

Free-kick to West Ham after a foul on Dailly

The corner comes in and Van Bronckhorst tangles with Sinclair. The West Ham man seems to take a shoulder in the face - referee Dean has words with Van Bronckhorst but takes no further action

...James gets down brilliantly to push the ball round his left-hand post. Great save

Henry picks out Bergkamp just inside the box and the Dutchman tries the little dink shot...

...but there's too much curl on his effort and it whistles past the left-hand post

Now Defoe is fouled just outside the Arsenal box and it provides Bowyer with the chance to shoot from 20 yards out. Bowyer strikes...

Bergkamp knocks Bowyer to the floor, another free-kick for the visitors

...James gets down well to deny Henry a second

It's a poor back-header to James by Dailly and he puts Henry through one-on-one with the West Ham 'keeper...

Wiltord makes a run into the box which is spotted by Henry. The ball is chipped into the box which Pearce meets with a diving header - and James gratefully collects!

Wiltord shapes for the pass and fools the defenders, creating the space for a shot - which he drags wide of the left-hand post

Bowyer is tripped by Van Bronckhorst. Free-kick to the Hammers

...but Henry's shot is straight into the hands of James

Begkamp tries to find space for himself on the edge of the box and battles away well. The ball breaks for Henry on the angle of the box...

Keown tries a long ball forward from his own half but only succeeds in finding James

Defoe backs into Van Bronckhorst. Free-kick

Cole does brilliantly to get past Pires on the right flank and gets to the byline - before producing a terrible cross that flies high in the air and behind the goal

Pires is been booed by the West Ham fans when he gets on the ball. They feel he made too much of Lomas' challenge

Arsenal pass the ball around with ease and are in total control

Defoe finds space on the right and tries the square ball, which eventually finds Cole. The skipper tries the shot, but it lacks power and is straight at Seaman

West Ham are in big, big trouble at Highbury. A goal down, a man down and the champions have their tails up

...James comes out quickly to make a good save, and Pires can't get on the end of Henry's pass from the rebound

And Henry's sent through on goal straight from the kick-off and surely it's going to be two....

Henry cooly sends James the wrong way, placing the ball into the left of the goal, and Arsenal have the lead

GOAL!!!!!

Henry steps up to take the penalty...

Referee Mike Dean shows Lomas the red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity - that seems a little harsh

Bergkamp's superb first time ball sends Pires through into the box. The French winger is pulled back by Lomas, and that will be a penalty to the Gunners

It's Henry who takes the free-kick himself, but just drifts his effort wide of James' right-hand post

Henry is tugged back by Breen - that's a booking for the Irishman and a free-kick 25 yards out for Arsenal

...somehow Bergkamp failed to make contact from just three yards out. It needed only the merest of touches and that should have been 1-0

Henry collects the ball on the left flank and looks up to see Bergkamp completely unmarked in the box. Henry crosses to find the Dutchman...

Van Bronckhorst tries to edge past Dailly in the box but pushes the West Ham defender. Free-kick

Henry has looked full of purpose in the opening exchanges - bad news for the Hammers

Defoe, Cole and Lomas link up around the Arsenal box, but they try to do too much and Lomas gives the ball away

Henry takes the kick himself only for Sinclair to head away

Henry shows his pace once again down the left flank and this time wins a corner off Dailly

Very even start at Highbury, West Ham aware they need to be at their very best

Henry bursts into the box with great speed before Dailly shows good strength to guard the ball out of play for a goal-kick

Cisse tries a shot from distance, but it's a woeful effort and barely crosses the goal-line for a goal-lick

West Ham get the game underway

The Hammers are again without Freddie Kanoute and Paolo di Canio. Lee Bowyer made his second start for the club following his move from Leeds in a midfield deprived of Michael Carrick.

Arsenal are again without captain Patrick Vieira - who has a groin problem. Edu partners Gilberto in central midfield, with Giovanni van Bronckhorst replacing the suspended Ashley Cole and fit-again Ray Parlour on the bench.

Arsenal look to restore their five point advantage at the top of the Premiership against struggling West Ham United. Follow the game live from 14.00 GMT

Arsenal opt for the slow build up and it comes to nothing

Bergkamp crosses from the right, the ball hits Pearce and that's a corner

Offside against Defoe. West Ham don't look like getting back into this game

Bowyer fouls Henry, clipping away at his heels

Lauren fouls Sinclair. Free-kick to the Hammers, but nothing comes of it

The West Ham players are protesting furiously with referee Dean. They claim Bowyer was fouled by Bergkamp before the Dutchman crossed into the box - but it will do them no good

Henry rose unmarked and placed a powerful header past James to give the 'keeper no chance. 2-1 to Arsenal, and Henry's first ever headed goal for the Gunners!

GOAL!!!!!

Bergkamp turns his defender on the left flank and delivers a sublime cross to the back stick and Henry rises...

Bowyer finds Cisse just inside the area, and he backheels to Sinclair on the edge of the box only for the England international to fire way over the bar

Sinclair is penalised for handball when he was on the ground. Free-kick

A change for Arsenal. Ray Parlour makes his comeback from injury in place of Edu

Gilberto shoots from long range. There's a defection off a West Ham defender and it's another corner - which James claims

Arsenal win a string of corners, desperate to forge a lead again, but the Hammers' defence remains strong

Now Bergkamp tries a snap shot from 20 yards, but he too fires way into the stand

Van Bronckhorst floats the ball in from the left and both Campbell and Keown are denied by James

Gilberto is fouled by Cisse on the touchline. Free-kick and a chance to deliver into the box

Arsenal grafting away, trying to find the second goal. But West Ham remain resolute

Pires lays the ball off to Van Bronckhorst on the edge of the box. It's a good strike, but James is there again and he collects at the second attempt

Bergkamp lays the ball off for Henry on the edge of the box, but Henry balloons his effort high into the stand

Bergkamp crosses from the left only for the struggling Pearce to head behind - although he was pushed in the back by Edu. Free-kick

Van Bronckhorst finds Bergkamp in the box, but the Dutchman's header is claimed by James

...James makes a great save once again, diving to his left. The flag is up for offside anyway, although it seemed a close call

Edu manages to knock the ball throught to Bergkamp who's in the clear...

Wiltord is felled by Cisse. Free-kick

Bergkamp tries to find Henry with a deep ball and Dailly concedes the corner

Henry clips the ball over the top only for Breen to intercept and clear

Pearce's back on the field, but looks to be struggling

Bergkamp brings down Breen, and that's a booking for the Dutch forward

James is up now but Pearce looks to have a more serious knock to his knee. He's up - although he's hobbling and West Ham may have to make a change

Pearce and James collided when trying to close down Henry and need treatment

Henry is sent through on the right, despite a hint of offside. He tucks the ball back for Gilberto but both Bowyer and Dailly get in the way to block his effort

West Ham get a free-kick on the left flank after hand-ball by Wiltord. Bowyer takes, but straight into the grasp of Seaman

Arsenal get us underway once again

It's still an uphill task for West Ham with only ten men, and Arsene Wenger will not be happy that his side have thrown away their lead. All points to an interesting second half

Edu will have a few appologies to make in the dressing room at the break after he gifted a goal to West Ham... and it could have been worse as the visitors pushed on

Arsenal should have pushed on after been gifted the opening goal after Lomas tugged back Pires in the box. The Gunners have failed to find the next gear and were made to pay

And there goes the half-time whistle

Defoe is found in space in the box and his shot is blocked. The ball breaks back to Cole but he too finds his path to goal shut off

Van Bronckhorst crossses from the left wing, but there's no-one in the box for Arsenal and West Ham can clear

Two minutes to be added on

...James again makes a good save, knocking the ball over the bar with his body. The corner comes to nothing

Wiltord collects the ball on the left-edge of the box and makes the diagonal runs across the box. Pires gets in his way but Wiltord eventually shoots...

Ten-man West Ham have equalised against the run of play, and now have the upper hand as the game edges towards the interval

Bowyer is sent crashing to the floor by Bergkamp. Free-kick in the centre of the park

A woeful back-pass by Edu, and Defoe raced onto the ball and slotted it under Seaman and into the back of the net. West Ham back on level terms!

GOAL!!!!!

Cole collects on the right but loses out to Edu. The Brazilian looks to play the ball back to Seaman but the pass is way short and Defoe runs onto it...

Arsenal seem to be playing in first gear, ready to step up the pace for the second goal at any moment

Free-kick to West Ham after a foul on Dailly

The corner comes in and Van Bronckhorst tangles with Sinclair. The West Ham man seems to take a shoulder in the face - referee Dean has words with Van Bronckhorst but takes no further action

...James gets down brilliantly to push the ball round his left-hand post. Great save

Henry picks out Bergkamp just inside the box and the Dutchman tries the little dink shot...

...but there's too much curl on his effort and it whistles past the left-hand post

Now Defoe is fouled just outside the Arsenal box and it provides Bowyer with the chance to shoot from 20 yards out. Bowyer strikes...

Bergkamp knocks Bowyer to the floor, another free-kick for the visitors

...James gets down well to deny Henry a second

It's a poor back-header to James by Dailly and he puts Henry through one-on-one with the West Ham 'keeper...

Wiltord makes a run into the box which is spotted by Henry. The ball is chipped into the box which Pearce meets with a diving header - and James gratefully collects!

Wiltord shapes for the pass and fools the defenders, creating the space for a shot - which he drags wide of the left-hand post

Bowyer is tripped by Van Bronckhorst. Free-kick to the Hammers

...but Henry's shot is straight into the hands of James

Begkamp tries to find space for himself on the edge of the box and battles away well. The ball breaks for Henry on the angle of the box...

Keown tries a long ball forward from his own half but only succeeds in finding James

Defoe backs into Van Bronckhorst. Free-kick

Cole does brilliantly to get past Pires on the right flank and gets to the byline - before producing a terrible cross that flies high in the air and behind the goal

Pires is been booed by the West Ham fans when he gets on the ball. They feel he made too much of Lomas' challenge

Arsenal pass the ball around with ease and are in total control

Defoe finds space on the right and tries the square ball, which eventually finds Cole. The skipper tries the shot, but it lacks power and is straight at Seaman

West Ham are in big, big trouble at Highbury. A goal down, a man down and the champions have their tails up

...James comes out quickly to make a good save, and Pires can't get on the end of Henry's pass from the rebound

And Henry's sent through on goal straight from the kick-off and surely it's going to be two....

Henry cooly sends James the wrong way, placing the ball into the left of the goal, and Arsenal have the lead

GOAL!!!!!

Henry steps up to take the penalty...

Referee Mike Dean shows Lomas the red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity - that seems a little harsh

Bergkamp's superb first time ball sends Pires through into the box. The French winger is pulled back by Lomas, and that will be a penalty to the Gunners

It's Henry who takes the free-kick himself, but just drifts his effort wide of James' right-hand post

Henry is tugged back by Breen - that's a booking for the Irishman and a free-kick 25 yards out for Arsenal

...somehow Bergkamp failed to make contact from just three yards out. It needed only the merest of touches and that should have been 1-0

Henry collects the ball on the left flank and looks up to see Bergkamp completely unmarked in the box. Henry crosses to find the Dutchman...

Van Bronckhorst tries to edge past Dailly in the box but pushes the West Ham defender. Free-kick

Henry has looked full of purpose in the opening exchanges - bad news for the Hammers

Defoe, Cole and Lomas link up around the Arsenal box, but they try to do too much and Lomas gives the ball away

Henry takes the kick himself only for Sinclair to head away

Henry shows his pace once again down the left flank and this time wins a corner off Dailly

Very even start at Highbury, West Ham aware they need to be at their very best

Henry bursts into the box with great speed before Dailly shows good strength to guard the ball out of play for a goal-kick

Cisse tries a shot from distance, but it's a woeful effort and barely crosses the goal-line for a goal-lick

West Ham get the game underway

The Hammers are again without Freddie Kanoute and Paolo di Canio. Lee Bowyer made his second start for the club following his move from Leeds in a midfield deprived of Michael Carrick.

Arsenal are again without captain Patrick Vieira - who has a groin problem. Edu partners Gilberto in central midfield, with Giovanni van Bronckhorst replacing the suspended Ashley Cole and fit-again Ray Parlour on the bench.

Arsenal look to restore their five point advantage at the top of the Premiership against struggling West Ham United. Follow the game live from 14.00 GMT