It’s one less player for one hour due to the expulsion of William SalibaArsenal lost on their trip to Bournemouth (2-0), started in the middle of the table because of their coach, Andoni Iraola, the key to knocking down one of the contenders for the Premier League against Manchester City. in Liverpool.
He The Spanish teacher gave a straightforward master class. He made his opponent uncomfortable from the start with heavy pressure, he was very accurate in the transition in the second half (Ryan Christie and Justin Kluivert decided) and I smile with satisfaction at my team’s first goalthe technical work involved in the training that broke the boundaries in the last part of the accident.
Of course, it is also unlikely that for Arsenal, Saliba’s early exit from the field was successful until the half-hour mark, when the Gunners’ central defender had to leave the field. The referee, Robert Jones, and after a VAR call, sent off the French defender for bringing down Evanilson when he was the last player in a clear goal scoring opportunity.
This, caused by a poor pass by Leandro Trossard, was a fitting one for Mikel Arteta’s men, who stopped short of extending the first goal of the game and delayed Bournemouth’s defence, in order from the start of the clash, very much so. very fast and strong on defense.
And like Arsenal It was already difficult with eleven players because of the good strategy of Andoni Iraolaand ten had to wring his hands to try to get something good from the Vitality Stadium. Arteta, who introduced three changes compared to his last duel (White, Mikel Merino and Trossard for Jorginho, Gabriel Jesus and the injured Saka), sacrificed who until then was his most persistent player, Raheem Sterling, who removed him from the game. enter Kiwior.
Sterling is saved from burning
Sterling, from the right-back, was one of the few Arsenal players to trouble Bournemouth. His was the only chance before Saliba was taken out by a missed Vaseline. Then, just moments later, Mikel Merino was presented with a clear chance before the break, but the Spaniard missed the mark with a shot to the left from the area that didn’t find the target.
On the other hand, it was Semenyo who changed Bournemouth. On the left he did a lot of damage when Arsenal had eleven and ten players. The Ghanaian striker flooded his side regularly and in the 36th minute he touched the first goal with a shot that David Raya took with a good hand; Later, in another attempt, he used a cross that eluded the Arsenal keeper, who stepped in to save a close shot by Tavernier.
Arsenal survived the first quarter of an hour a man down, but the whole of the second half ahead of them. Refusal was the idea and victory was a miracle even though they were forced to try to stay strong in the battle at the top of the table with Liverpool and Manchester City.
They resisted until the 70th minute, when Ryan Christie hit the target to spoil Arsenal’s chances after a play by Iraola: a low corner taken by Alex Scott, left by Justin Kulivert and Christie’s spectacular shot coming. from behind. Iraola celebrated his coaching achievements from the bench.
I have Christie it arrived on time in Bournemouthwho in the past was alarmed by the mistake of Kepa, who made a rude mistake in passing to his opponent and redeemed himself by stopping Gabriel Martinelli with a great intervention. Less than a minute later, Christie scored and Bournemouth soon broke through with a penalty goal converted by Justin Kluivert, who did not waste another gift from Arsenal: Kiwior gave the ball to Evanilson, who was brought down by Raya inside the area.
A 2-0 victory, with eleven minutes left, to knock Mikel Arteta’s team down. The dismissal of Saliba was too much for the Gunners, punished by the departure of their central defender and unable to manage an hour with a man less against a team that Iraola made himself reasons to praise his number after he improved with his skills Bournemouth, now tenth in the table. Arsenal, if Liverpool win their game, could end the day four points behind the lead. A difficult return for Arteta.
