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 1-2 Arsenal
73 minutes
Double change for Bournemouth: Junior Stanislas and Lewis Cook replace Brooks and Gosling.
Aubameyang, for whatever reason, clearly enjoys a Super Sunday.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
77 minutes
Frustration is growing for Bournemouth, who are finding chances difficult to come by. Arsenal have successfully slowed the game down since scoring their second.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
78 minutes
Kolasinac has been a constant threat for Arsenal on the left. This time he goes for goal himself, but his shot hits the side netting.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
79 minutes
Arsenal's first change: Guendouzi replaces Torreira.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
80 minutes
What a chance for substitute Stanislas. The ball drops at his feet yards out, but he can't get enough power on his effort.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
82 minutes
Aaron Ramsey is on for Iwobi, while Lys Mousset replaces King for Bournemouth.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
85 minutes
Superb effort from Lerma. He very nearly makes amends for his own goal with a 30-yard strike that cannons off the post. It's not been his day.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
86 minutes
Now Stanislas finds space on the right and drills the ball across. It deflects kindly for Arsenal, into the arms of Leno. Nervy moments for the visitors, though.
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