Arsenal noticed their best weapon in set-pieces grow to be their greatest weak point as Bournemouth scored twice from dead-ball conditions to finish a 2-1 comeback win on the Emirates.
The Gunners had been main 1-0 via Declan Rice’s opener on his a hundredth Gunners look – however Bournemouth used Arsenal’s best energy towards them twice in eight second-half minutes.
Dean Huijsen’s header from an extended throw introduced Bournemouth stage, and Arsenal had been additional surprised when Evanilson headed residence on the again publish from a nook which Marcus Tavernier flicked on.
VAR checked Evanilson’s winner for a possible handball from the ahead however the clearest replay deemed the ball missed his hand. Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta, nevertheless, disagreed: “I’ve just seen a few images, it looks different to the decision. But they made that decision.”
It was the fourth set-piece objective conceded by Arsenal of their final three Premier League video games at residence – and it helped earn Bournemouth’s first ever win at Arsenal.
David Raya cannot cease Dean Huijsen’s header as Bournemouth equalise on the Emirates
The consequence is a big enhance to Bournemouth’s European hopes as they jumped as much as eighth within the Premier League desk, after Fulham’s loss at Aston Villa earlier within the day. Ought to the Cherries keep there and Manchester Metropolis win the FA Cup, Andoni Iraola’s aspect would seemingly qualify for the Europa Convention League.
However for Arsenal, it is no wins in three as preparation for his or her greatest match of the season towards Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League semi-final second leg on Wednesday night time.
“It didn’t create positive momentum but it’s created a lot of anger, frustration, rage, disappointment – let’s use all that for Wednesday,” mentioned Arteta to Sky Sports activities after the sport.
WATCH: Bournemouth’s DOUBLE set-piece hammer blow
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Dean Huijsen equalises for Bournemouth at Arsenal
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Evanilson bundles one in on the far publish to provide Bournemouth the lead at Arsenal.
Arteta on extra factors dropped: We did not kill them
Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta to Sky Sports activities:
“We’ve lost points here to Palace, Fulham and Brentford – it’s something we need to improve.
“We had so many alternatives, we had massive areas, opened them up however we would have liked to attain and we did not. And if you defend the field like we did and concede two objectives from set items at this stage it’s totally tough to earn the three factors.
“We didn’t kill them, we gave them hope and they scored from two set-pieces and it became very chaotic.”
‘Arsenal on verge of a extremely poor season’
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Jamie Redknapp and Gael Clichy focus on Evanilson’s controversial winner for Bournemouth towards Arsenal as the talk goes on whether or not it struck the striker’s arm or his hip.
Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Redknapp:
“Mikel Arteta will be terrified now of not only going out of Europe but not finishing second. If Man City were going to wobble this year the only team set up to win it were Arsenal.
“If they do not end second and do not win a trophy it finally ends up being a extremely poor season as a result of we have spoken about how unhealthy Man Metropolis have been – however they’ll nonetheless win a cup and end second. That is an honest season. Arsenal have to complete second.”
Analysis: Arsenal’s worries are MORE than just set pieces
Sky Sports’ Sam Blitz at the Emirates Stadium:
Arsenal’s latest collapse against Bournemouth now means 21 points being dropped from winning positions. Only four teams have managed more – two of them are playing in the Championship next season and another is often billed with the term ‘Spursy’.
9 of these factors have come for the reason that starting of April, together with in every of their final three residence video games. And in these three Emirates encounters, all the factors have been dropped by way of set-piece objectives.
Yoane Wissa, Eberechi Eze, Dean Huijsen and Evanilson all discovered the online by way of set-pieces and a significant concern for Arsenal is how all 4 set-piece objectives are completely different.
Wissa scored by way of the second section of a nook, Eze scored from a clipped nook to the sting, Huijsen nodded in an extended throw, Evanilson was left alone on the again publish.
However Arsenal’s woes go additional than that. For the second Premier League recreation in a row, David Raya was caught off his line. Jean-Philippe Mateta discovered the online, Evanilson spurned an analogous likelihood for Bournemouth.
“In many situations we have given the ball away, that is nowhere near the standard,” mentioned Mikel Arteta. Arsenal’s points will not be simply restricted to set-pieces. There are build-up, resilience and goalscoring ones too. They’re changing into simple to play towards on the worst attainable time.
Iraola: We wanted this win
Bournemouth supervisor Andoni Iraola to Sky Sports activities:
“I like the game overall. I think we had chances. They scored but we played well. The key was the set-plays in the second half. In the end in these close games to make the difference with the set-plays was the key to take the three points.
“At half time, we had been speaking a couple of good first half. They (Arsenal) are going to have possibilities however we had been taking part in nicely, having a number of the ball, taking good positions.
“It was a matter of doing the same thing, pushing a bit more, and the subs also helped us. Antoine (Semenyo) coming from the bench was a good spark at that moment when both teams were tired.
“We wanted this one as a result of we all know the schedule now we have. Arsenal, Villa, Metropolis, it’s important to get factors the place you do not anticipate. We missed a couple of possibilities just lately and we would have liked it this time to go to our aspect.”
