‘He jinxed us’: Arsenal fans find blame Gooner Sir Keir Starmer for West Ham disaster

Arsenal fans couldn't help but find the irony in Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer watching the Gunners threw away a 2-0 lead against West Ham on Sunday.

The MP was caught on the SkySports cameras taking in the Premier League meeting between the two sides at the London Stadium when his Arsenal side were leading by two goals.

Gabriel Jesus and Martin Odegaard found the net for Mikel Arteta's side within 10 minutes at their London rivals but a lacklustre second half from the league leaders saw Said Benrahma and Jarrod Bowen make sure a point was shared as Bukayo Saka missed a penalty kick.

The result means the gap at the top of the table closes to just four points with Manchester City also holding a game in hand.

Arsenal fans online mockingly blamed Sir Keir's attendance for cursing the team while others found witty political jokes to crack at the Labour leader.

One Twitter user tragically predicted: "Keir Starmer is at the Arsenal game today. Hopefully, we don’t bottle the game like he’s gonna bottle the next general election."

Another later wrote: "Name a better duo than Keir Starmer and giving away leads."

Meanwhile, other Gooners blamed Sir Keir for 'jinxing' Arsenal as the SkySports commentator joined in and said: "The leader of the opposition party Keir Starmer is in attendance today, but it is West Ham who are labouring."

Starmer is a well-known Arsenal fan, having previously admitted that he uses trips to the Emirates with pals as a way to escape the stress of daily life.

Earlier this year Sir Keir appeared on Jake Humphrey's High Performance Podcast to say Arsenal did not have a 'standout star'.

He said: "If I take the current Arsenal team, which I think is fantastic, what is incredible is two things.

"One – there is not a standout star. When Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang played for Arsenal, he was outstanding and everyone tried to let everything go through him.

"Now, we’ve got a team where quite often, after the game, it’s quite hard to say [who the best player was]. That’s really good as everyone is playing well in their positions. You’re not relying on one or two stars, you’ve got a genuinely strong squad."