West Ham beat Arsenal 1-0

Substitute Marlon Harewood scored the winner on Sunday to give West Ham a 1-0 over visiting Arsenal, which ignited an touchline bust-up between the two teams' managers.

The goal came in the 89th minute when Harewood sidefooted the ball in after fine build-up play from Teddy Sheringham and Matthew Etherington.

But in the celebrations that followed Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger appeared to shove his opponents' counterpart Alan Pardew.

Pardew celebrated in true last-minute-winner style, leaping into the arms of his management team.

But Wenger took exception and the pair confronted each other, with the Arsenal boss appearing to push Pardew before they were pulled apart.

Wenger then appeared to refuse to shake Pardew's hand after the final whistle.

Tomas Rosicky and Robin van Persie - who seemed to be hit on the head by a coin thrown from the crowd in the first half - both went close for Arsenal.

Van Persie went to take a throw-in in front of the West Ham fans and after picking up the ball went down clutching his head.

He was okay to continue but the incident will undoubtedly feature in the referee Rob Styles' report.

It was just one incident in a pulsating game that came to life after the break.

Pardew dropped Sheringham from the side that beat Blackburn 2-1 last week and brought in Lee Bowyer and his side adopted a more physical approach to try to disrupt Arsenal's rhythm.

The plan paid off to a large extent but, despite the congested midfield, Arsenal's free-flowing football led to them creating some excellent openings.

Source: Xinhua