Twitter explodes as Arsenal's win relegates Manchester United back to 6th place

Mesut Ozil celebrates his goal with other Arsenal players

Arsenal recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over West Ham United – a rather rare sight for the Gunners given their recent form – but that was not the only thing special about their victory, the win ensured that Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United moved to 6^th place once again.

Mesut Ozil opened the scoring for Arsene Wenger’s side from just outside West Ham’s box before Theo Walcott doubled the lead with a tidy finish. Olivier Giroud sealed the win with a curling effort from the right, which helped the Gunners leapfrog Manchester United into 5^th and help keep their title hopes alive.

Twitter, as you would expect, didn’t shy away from trolling Manchester United while they congratulated Arsenal for a rare win. Here are the best tweets:

From 6^th to 6^th

#Arsenal taking Man Utd back to their position like #AFCvWHU pic.twitter.com/UfcKLGXF9i
— kiyaawe flava (@Kiyaawe) April 5, 2017

Pogba 6 back from injury and Man United are back to 6th position pic.twitter.com/7GW8I58WMX
— Alli (@Onflood_) April 5, 2017

BREAKING NEWS:
Arsenal deports Manchester United to their Official position in EPL, that's Number 6.
Pogba be like, there we go! #CHEMCI pic.twitter.com/cnpmPY2r7V
— Atanas (@atanasi_) April 5, 2017

Manchester United Going back to 6th Like.... #CHEMCI pic.twitter.com/soIP4tXrwb
— Harmony (@TwittHarmony) April 5, 2017

1) Ozil scored
2)Walcott scored
3)Giroud scored
4) Arsenal with 3pts
5)Martinez with clean sheet
6) Manchester United
— Abike (@Bimzee_) April 5, 2017

Welcome back!

BREAKING: NASA confirms that all Man United fans who were flying up high after moving to 5th place have landed safely onto 6th. Welcome back
— Mohamed ElNneny (@ElNnenyM) April 5, 2017

Retweet if your team's isn't sixth
— Xhakahari (@Cechque) April 5, 2017

October 2016 - Man Utd 6th

20 games unbeaten later

April 2017 - Man Utd 6th pic.twitter.com/1Sx9hQIlfv
— The Football Pools (@footballpools) April 5, 2017

6 pic.twitter.com/SQRaYkpjXy
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) April 5, 2017

Three points almost locked up at the Emirates. Spurs and Man City are about to hand Chelsea the title. Man United are back to Man Unit6d.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) April 5, 2017

Oooof!

This is Arsenals worst run in the Premier League for 21 years and we are 5th.

Man United on a 20 game unbeaten run and are 6th
— GoonerWez (@BigWezza) April 5, 2017

A lot of ifs and buts for my liking

So frustrating, if Manchester United had beaten WBA and Everton they'd be 2pts off third with two games in hand. But no, back to 6th.
— manutd6th (@manutd53) April 5, 2017

The Enigma that is Mesut Ozil!

Mesut Özil's record across all competitions for Arsenal:

150 games
30 goals
51 assists
468 chances created
[Stats via @OzilStuff]
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) April 5, 2017

Despite having a sub-par season, Özil now has 10 goals & 11 assists this season. Shows how high his standards are, lucky to have him #AFC
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) April 5, 2017

Arsenal have now won every single game in which Mesut Özil has scored this season:

8 games
8 wins
10 Mesut Özil goals

pic.twitter.com/iTHpVWHRlv
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 5, 2017

2 - Mesut Ozil has scored & assisted in the same PL game for the 2nd time this season, the other being in the away game v West Ham. Hammered
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 5, 2017

It almost felt like you had...

No, we haven't forgotten how to win @Arsenal #COYG #Thereslifeintheoldladyyet pic.twitter.com/vQJ4lvGRC2
— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) April 5, 2017

Wenger on Ozil: "I feel that he’s back physically and focused. I felt he was hit hard by us going out of the Champions League."
— Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley_) April 5, 2017

Na Na Na Na Na Giroud!

Giroud has scored 6 in his last 7 games against West Ham.

Andy Carroll had failed to score in 6 of his 9 games against Arsenal.
— Tim Stillman (@Stillberto) April 5, 2017

Olivier Giroud has the best goals per minute ratio in the Premier League this season, with an average of a goal every 97.1 minutes. #afc pic.twitter.com/tu4subPJSn
— Arsenal TSN (@ArsenalTSN) April 5, 2017

Oh Petr Cech!

I'd almost forgotten how good it is to have a goalkeeper who has a neck and actually dives at the speed of a regular goalkeeper
— Michael Keshani (@MichaelKeshani) April 5, 2017

Congratulations to Emi Martinez who is the first Arsenal goalkeeper to keep a clean in sheet since 2007
— James (@1GoldPLTrophy) April 5, 2017

Still neither have won the trophy

Most PL points since 2015/2016:

Tottenham (135)
Arsenal (125)
Man City (124)
Chelsea (122)
Liverpool (120)
Man United (120)#THFC
— Jake Sanders (@JakeSanders92) April 5, 2017

When a league win becomes a scarcity

And congrats to Arsenal - a league win!
— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) April 5, 2017

Martin Atkinson, meanwhile, was not in the mood for giving penalties

Arsenal have now won every single game in which Mesut Özil has scored this season:

8 games
8 wins
10 Mesut Özil goals

pic.twitter.com/iTHpVWHRlv
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 5, 2017

Dirty

When Man Utd go back to 6th place. pic.twitter.com/LsjQCovxpj
— GoonerGordo (@GoonerGordo) April 5, 2017

They are getting the goals, even if they aren’t getting the wins

100 - @Arsenal are the first Premier League side to score 100 goals in all competitions this season. Century.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 5, 2017