Before there was a 'Big Six' in the Premier League, there was a 'Big Four' – and they made David Moyes' life a misery. Traditionally, the wealthiest and often the most successful clubs of the Premier League era have been Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea, with Manchester City latterly joining the gang, and somewhat tenuously, Tottenham Hotspur.
Moyes, save for his nightmare nine months at Old Trafford in 2013-14, has always found himself on the outside looking in, first at Everton and these days at West Ham.
In his time at Goodison Park, he equated competing with the super clubs of English football as being like "bringing a knife to a gun fight".
Yet, on Thursday night, his Hammers side were able to cut Arsenal down to size with a memorable 2-0 win thanks to goals from Tomas Soucek and Konstantinos Mavropanos.