- Gunners Go 5-Points Clear With Win Over Bournemouth
- Title Belief Real Around The Emirates
Arsenal regained their 5-points lead at the top of the table thanks to a stunning effort in the final minute of action against Bournemouth. The Gunners came from behind to snatch an impressive win despite going two goals down against The Cherries at the Emirates.
Arteta’s men started the game without Granit Xhaka and Ben White, who were both rested.
Bournemouth stunned the Gunners with a goal just seconds after the kick-off.
Phillip Billing scored the second-fastest goal in the history of the Premier League to put the south coast club in front. Arsenal had a chance a minute later to equalize, but Neto denied Odegaard’s low strike before smothering Saka’s follow-up. Bournemouth got the second goal 12 minutes after the restart when Marcos Senesi nodded in from a corner. The second goal was the wake-up call the Gunners needed. Just moments later, Arsenal were back in the game. Emile Smith-Rowe nodded the ball into the danger zone for Partey to tap home.
For 2-2, Ben white’s volley finds its way into the back of the net after some good work by Reiss Nelson. The Arsenal Academy graduate who provided the assist for White also grabbed all the headlines with a smashing strike off a corner kick to give the Gunners all 3 points after 97 minutes.
ARSENAL ‘S NEWLY FOUND RESILIENCE
This game was for some Arsenal fans who were still having doubts about the quality of the team. The Gunners showed top quality by crawling back from 2 goals down to take all points at home.
It is still a long way to go this season, but the Gunners are showing champions mentality already. A few Changes caused some control issues in midfield against Bournemouth, but the Gunners displayed their newly found mentality and resilience to always find a way to win.
