West Brom beats Arsenal 2-1 in Premier League

But Albion have their own left-footed free-kick master and seven minutes later – on a day he was presented a signed shirt for reaching 300 appearances for the club – Chris Brunt floated in a set-piece from deep which James Morrison managed to guide over Cech into the far corner.

Cazorla slipped and skied his spot-kick in the final 10 minutes and Mesut Ozil hit the post, but Arsenal could not recover from a nightmare five minutes despite dominating.

But the match will be remembered for Santi Cazorla’s missed penalty eight minutes from time.

The midfielder went in for a challenge and sustained a knee problem that forced Arsene Wenger to replace him with Mikael Arteta.

West Brom secured their fifth Premier League win of the season after coming from behind to beat wasteful Arsenal 2-1 at The Hawthorns. And the visitors started well, keeping possession although not creating too many opportunities, until Alexis Sanchez went close with a curling free kick from 25 yards, which was saved by Boaz Myhill.

It got better for the home side just before the halftime break, as Arteta deflected McClean’s cross into the back of his own net to hand West Brom the lead.

The Gunners almost found themselves level shortly after the halftime break, as Ozil rattled the upright from an angle.

The Gunners squandered another chance in the 69th minute, as Joel Campbell latched onto a pass from Santi Cazorla, but the Costa Rican fired horribly wide of the mark.

Cazorla was given the chance to level in the 84th minute following Brunt’s foul on Sanchez, but the midfielder lost his footing as West Brom escaped to take all three points.