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
90 minutes
Four minutes of added time will be played.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
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Arsenal are doing a good job of keeping hold of the ball. Ramsey breaks clear, goes down in the box, but picks himself up and wins a corner.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
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Aubameyang, who looks to have scored the winner, is replaced by youngster Eddie Nketiah.
Bournemouth 1-2 Arsenal
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Bournemouth launch the ball long, it falls kindly and Mustafi gives away a free kick right on the edge of the box. Last chance...
Full time: That's it! Stanislas blazes the free kick over the bar and the whistle is blown.
Arsenal secure what could be a crucial win thanks to Aubameyang's second half goal. Emery's side are now just a point off Chelsea in fourth. For Bournemouth, it's three successive defeats. They remain in eighth.
An important win for Arsenal, who have certainly showed more resilience under Emery. This was a tough test and in the end they were deserving winners.
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