Arsenal vs Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and reaction after Arsenal beaten at home

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·3 de mayo de 2025

Arsenal vs Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and reaction after Arsenal beaten at home

Gunners looking nervously over their shoulders for a top-two finish

Frustrated: Martin Odegaard

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Arsenal vs Bournemouth LIVE

Arsenal made it just two League wins from six as they fell at home to Bournemouth on Saturday. For Bournemouth, the result will fan the flames of their quest for Champions League qualification after a poor run of results saw them slip down the table.

Rice’s opener came after a dismal start to the match where he had found himself in some good positions but struggled to make anything of them. He squandered two shooting chances in the early stages, later falling into the advertising hoardings as he made a weak attempt at a cross. But he took the opener with icy precision, latching onto Martin Odegaard’s through ball, taking it round Arrizabalaga and scoring into an empty net.

Chances went both ways in the second half, but neither team managed to create much tangible threat. It would be Arsenal ruing their misses, though. Moments after his introduction, Anthoine Semenyo heaved a long throw into the box for Dean Huijsen to head a deserved equaliser home. Evanilson would put the Cherries ahead as he wrestled with Odegaard. He had minimal agency in the goal, the ball seeming to bounce off him rather than be intentionally directed at Raya, but, after a lengthy VAR check, Bournemouth’s lead was confirmed.