Arsenal show resilient side to overcome Bournemouth
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal extended their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions on Sunday with a 2-1 victory at Bournemouth that moved them within a point of the Premier League's top four.
The home team's record signing Jefferson Lerma, who cost £25m in August, scored a spectacular own goal to give Arsenal the lead but Norwegian international Josh King, back in the Bournemouth side after injury, equalised just before half-time.
That meant Unai Emery's team have still never led at the halfway stage of a league game since he joined in the close-season.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slid in the Gunners' second goal in the 68th minute and their three-man back line held out, although Lerma hit a post.
Arsenal can make up ground on their big local rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who are still three points ahead of them, by winning the north London derby next weekend.
Bournemouth stayed eighth after a third successive defeat in a testing period, with fixtures against Manchester City and Liverpool to come in the first eight days of December.
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Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal
46 minutes
Brooks continues where he left off in the first half, knocking the ball past Bellerin and lofting a ball into the box. It's been an impressive performance from the Welsh youngster.
Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal
49 minutes
Lerma wins the ball back well in Arsenal's half and picks out King. His shot is blocked. Fraser then goes to ground in the box but his appeals for a penalty are ignored.
Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal
54 minutes
Bournemouth are really causing Arsenal problems now. King players Fraser through and the winger fires the ball across goal. Daniels, at the far post, can't get a proper connection on it.
Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal
57 minutes
As in the first half, it's been a relatively slow start for Arsenal after the break. But they're beginning to get a foothold in the game. Torreira's shot is deflected and loops just wide.
Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal
61 minutes
Bellerin picks out Aubameyang in the box, and the Gabonese forward looks to square the ball to a teammate. It's deflected and Bournemouth manage to clear.
Bournemouth 1-1 Arsenal
65 minutes
Great work from King near the corner flag. He eases past Sokratis and finds Brooks in the box. The Welshman's shot, though, is straight at Leno.
GOAL! Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal (Aubameyang)
67 minutes
Bournemouth appear off guard as Arsenal take a free kick quickly. Iwobi slides in Kolasinac, who pulls back for Aubameyang to tap in and score his eighth league goal of the season. The Gunners are back in front.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
69 minutes
Another big chance for Arsenal. Aubameyang dispossess Brooks, bursts forward and plays in Mkhitaryan. The Armenian moves the ball onto his left foot but gets his shot all wrong.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
70 minutes
The visitors are threatening to run away with this now. Mhitaryan has another opportunity, but this time his left-footed effort is blocked.
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