Get all the best sports news and much more on our Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\nDavid Raya<\/strong> \u2013 Had some truly perplexing moments, including a pass that should have resulted in a Bournemouth goal. Infuriated all the Arsenal fans in the stadium. 4<\/strong><\/p>\nBen White<\/strong> \u2013 Was caught out by a ball over the top, leading to Bournemouth’s opening goal. Substituted after several errors. 4<\/strong><\/p>\nWilliam Saliba<\/strong> \u2013 Deflected the cross that allowed Kroupi to score at the back post. Another who struggled to find accurate passes from the back line. 5<\/strong><\/p>\nGabriel Magalhaes<\/strong> \u2013 Made some crucial early blocks and interceptions as his team grappled with nerves. Won the penalty after his attempt to kick the ball into the box struck Christie’s raised arm. Then gave away possession in his own half with a long ball, leading to Bournemouth’s second goal. 5<\/strong><\/p>\nMyles Lewis-Skelly<\/strong> \u2013 Showed some promising moments during the opening period, spinning away from his marker and picking out colleagues. Faded after the break and struggled to get on the ball . 5<\/strong><\/p>\nMartin Zubimendi<\/strong> \u2013 Was creating some anxiety amongst supporters as numerous passes went wayward, and even sparked Gyokeres’ irritation when he failed to release the ball to him when the chance presented itself. His poorest performance in an Arsenal shirt. 4<\/strong><\/p>\nDeclan Rice<\/strong> \u2013 Posed a danger from distance, with some deflected attempts earning the hosts corner kicks. There was an instance in the second period where he had something of a ‘sod it’ moment, bursting through the middle and shooting but his efforts amounted to very little as well. 6<\/strong><\/p>\nYou Maduek<\/strong> \u2013 Provided precious little in the opening half, unable to get past his opponent. 4<\/strong><\/p>\nKai Havertz<\/strong> \u2013 Enjoyed an excellent chance to draw level, nodding a corner delivery narrowly over the crossbar. But apart from that also found it difficult to influence proceedings and gave the ball away on several occasions. 4<\/strong><\/p>\nViktor Gyokeres<\/strong> \u2013 Hammered home the spot-kick to notch his 18th strike of the campaign. He was arguably their best performer but missed two crucial late chances. 6<\/strong><\/p>\nGabriel Martinelli<\/strong> \u2013 Another wide player who couldn’t get the better of his marker on the left flank and was substituted without much protest. 4<\/strong><\/p>\nSubstitutes:<\/h5>\n
Max Dowman<\/strong> \u2013 Arsenal struggled to locate the winger frequently enough and he appeared lively but having to resort to such a youthful player highlighted Arsenal’s predicament. 6<\/strong><\/p>\nGod bless you<\/strong> \u2013 Entered the fray and regrettably couldn’t enhance matters much beyond what Havertz had offered. 4 Leandro Trossard \u2013 A superb, potentially goal-preventing block with his own desperate tackle. But going forward couldn’t make the breakthrough. 5<\/strong><\/p>\nLeandro Trossard<\/strong> \u2013 An excellent, potentially goal-stopping block in his own last-ditch challenge. But offensively couldn\u2019t find the difference. 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal were beaten 2-1 by Bournemouth in a crucial clash that has blown the title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}