Neither West Ham nor Arsenal deal in draws much of late but on Sunday night, a goalless encounter transpired to be the only result on offer in this iteration of the London derby.
For West Ham, a first draw at home in 17 matches and a first-ever point in the WSL against their London neighbours in nine match-ups held all the aura of a triumphant victory. With zero touches in the opposition box or shots at goal in the second half, the Hammers' determined defensive display, buoyed by a sublime Mackenzie Arnold in goal, ultimately stymied Arsenal's best efforts to glean a win and handed Paul Konchesky's side their first league point since the turn of the year and their fifth clean sheet in seven matches in all competitions.
For the Gunners, the goalless draw marked their first match in which they failed to register a goal since the goalless draw against Chelsea on 11 February last year. But more pertinently, the murmured worries that Arsenal's failure to recruit a proven WSL goalscorer in the January transfer window might wound their title campaign felt to have found some semblance of evidence as the Gunners' 21 shots on goal and nine on target came in vain.
