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Arsenal moved a point behind leaders Manchester City with a comfortable win at AFC Bournemouth.
At Vitality Stadium Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead in the 17th minute, nodding the ball home from close range after Gabriel Jesus’s header from a narrow angle had glanced off the near post towards him.
Arsenal doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time through Martin Odegaard’s penalty, the fourth spot-kick for Arsenal this season, this one awarded for Max Aarons’ foul on Eddie Nketiah.
They got another penalty early into the second half after Ryan Christie had fouled Odegaard. This time, Kai Havertz was handed the ball to score his first goal for Arsenal in the 53rd minute.
Bournemouth came into the match as Arsenal took their foot off the gas but the next goal came to the visiting team as Ben White headed home Odegaard’s free-kick in stoppage time.
Club reports
Bournemouth report | Arsenal report
What the managers said
Andoni Iraola: "The game required a certain level we didn't give. We made mistakes. Inside the box we need to be smarter." See more
Mikel Arteta: "Very happy, very happy, the way we approached the game since yesterday, the team was ready to play we knew about the challenge we had ahead of us against a team that don’t have what they deserve in terms of the games they have played, they don’t give you any time, the ball is always under pressure, small ground, very difficult to get out of that but I think we read the game really well and earnt the right to win it." See more
Match officials
Referee: Michael Salisbury. Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis, James Mainwaring. Fourth official: Sam Allison. VAR: David Coote. Assistant VAR: Nick Greenhalgh.
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