Andy Carroll became the first Premier League player to score a hat-trick against Arsenal since Wayne Rooney in 2011

Andy Carroll's hat-trick dealt another blow to
Arsenal's already slim Premier League title
hopes, despite the Gunners fighting back to
draw at West Ham.

Arsenal are 10 points behind leaders Leicester with
six games to play.

Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez converted Alex Iwobi
passes to put Arsenal 2-0 up but Carroll netted
twice in 160 seconds to bring his side level by half-
time.
A far-post header completed Carroll's treble, before
Laurent Koscielny hooked in the equaliser from 10
yards.
The hosts extended their unbeaten home run in the
Premier League to 14 games but Slaven Bilic's side
remain sixth, two points behind fourth-placed
Manchester City, who play West Bromwich Albion at
17:30 BST.

West Ham 3-3 Arsenal as it happened
Hammers' hat-trick hero
Striker Carroll was rarely far from the action in a
pulsating London derby, being booked as early as
the fourth minute for a needless late tackle on
Koscielny.
There appeared little way back for West Ham as
clinical finishes from Ozil and Sanchez gave the
visitors a two-goal cushion, but England
international Carroll would turn the game in his
side's favour in the space of eight minutes either
side of the interval.
All three goals were typical Carroll efforts, the first
a powerful far-post header from Aaron Cresswell's
left-wing cross, while he was awarded too much
space by the Arsenal defence to fire in the equaliser
at the second attempt during first-half stoppage
time.
The ex-Newcastle forward was perhaps lucky to
escape further punishment when he clashed with
Gabriel in the air, catching the centre-back with his
arm, shortly before rising above Hector Bellerin to
head past David Ospina - who had kept his place in
the Arsenal goal ahead of Petr Cech.

Arsenal's title hopes over?
Wins over Everton and Watford either side of the
March international break kept any faint hopes of a
title success alive for Arsene Wenger's side.
Having led 2-0 after 35 minutes, this result will feel
like two points dropped for Arsenal, even though
they responded well to Carroll's quick hat-trick and
were decent value for their draw.

The Gunners have a favourable run-in, with five of
their last six opponents currently in the bottom half
of the table - but it will take a remarkable collapse
from Leicester and Tottenham above them if they
are to win an unlikely title.
Saturday's result did little to improve Arsenal's
record in London derbies this season - they have
taken only six points from seven games against
other clubs from the capital.