The Premier League title race took another turn on Saturday. Look back on a potentially pivotal game with the best facts and Opta data in our Arsenal vs Bournemouth stats page.
Alex Scott’s 74th-minute winner stunned Arsenal and earned Bournemouth a brilliant 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, blowing the Premier League title race wide open once again.
Mikel Arteta’s side had been far from perfect for the visit of the Cherries, but when they were pressing for a late winner of their own, Bournemouth carved them open and ultimately sealed all three points.
It means that, although Arsenal retain a nine-point lead at the summit, second-placed Manchester City – who have two games in hand – know they will win the title if they win all their remaining matches.
One of those will take on particular importance as they host Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium next weekend, and victory for City on that occasion – assuming Chelsea don’t do the Gunners a massive favour on Sunday – will surely put Pep Guardiola’s men in the driving seat.
Arsenal fans will have identified Bournemouth’s visit as one of their tougher remaining fixtures, looking at this encounter as a potential banana skin.
And it didn’t take long for Bournemouth to show why that might’ve been the case, as Adrien Truffert got in behind Ben White and saw his low cross deflect up off William Saliba to leave Eli Kroupi Junior with a simple finish.
It was another excellent moment in a fine campaign for the young French striker, who reached 10 Premier League goals – that made him the youngest player to hit double figures for PL goals in a debut season since Robbie Keane (12) for Coventry City in 1999-00.
Arsenal should have levelled soon after, when Kai Havertz inexplicably headed a Declan Rice corner over from close range.
Gyökeres made no such mistake from the spot in the 35th minute, though, blasting home to punish Ryan Christie’s handball offence.
While the Sweden international has often attracted criticism this term, the penalty was his 18th goal of the season in all competitions; only two players have bettered that in their debut campaign for the Gunners in the Premier League era.
Still, Arsenal needed more as they lacked potency in open play and went into the break without having completed the turnaround, with Bournemouth looking relatively comfortable.
Havertz got on the end of another corner deliver early in the second half, forcing Djordje Petrovic into necessary action. But Arteta had seen enough – the German was one of three to come off at the next break in play, with the 54th minute being the earliest he’s made three substitutions in a PL game.
On went Leandro Trossard, Eberechi Eze and Max Dowman as Arteta aimed to ease the anxiety in the stadium. But the atmosphere wasn’t helped by some nervy moments at the back, with David Raya twice causing some panic and Gabriel Magalhães passing the ball against a teammate with Bournemouth attackers swarming.
Most of the nervousness stemmed from Arsenal struggling to play out from the back, and eventually it cost them.
Gabriel’s lofted pass out from the back was partially blocked and Bournemouth turned possession over. David Brooks found Evanilson, who poked the ball into Scott’s path, and the England midfielder coolly slotted home after bursting onto it.
That made it so Arsenal had conceded 2+ goals in three of their last four matches in all competitions, as many times as in their previous 17 games, with this sudden defensive porousness coming at the worst time of the season.
There were few late opportunities for Arsenal to rescue something, either. A chance almost opened up for Gabriel until a last-ditch Alex Jiménez tackle, and Gyökeres sent an unmarked header wide before also shooting off target. But that was about it.
Bournemouth clung on extending their unbeaten league run to 12 matches and further boosting their European hopes.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Arsenal vs Bournemouth stats from their Premier League meeting at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
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