Ferdinand found Sinclair with a clever pass to the right and met the return cross with a looping header.

BBC: Sinclair gives Hammers hope

Kirk Broadfoot, back in the Rangers starting line-up after a nine-month injury absence, almost marked his return with a goal but could not direct his header on target after being found by Novo.

BBC: Rangers striker Kris Boyd

The Terriers went even closer to a leveller when Gunners keeper Manuel Almunia, previously a virtual spectator on his return to the Arsenal side after four months out injured, dived down low to turn Lee's header around the post.

BBC: Arsenal 2-1 Huddersfield