Arsenal cruised previous Bournemouth to go 4 factors clear on the high of the Premier League earlier than Saturday’s later video games.

Kai Havertz was introduced down by Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers and Bukayo Saka coolly rolled the ball into the online from the ensuing spot-kick.

Arsenal doubled their lead within the seventieth minute when Declan Rice gained the ball on the sting of the field and teed up Leandro Trossard, who curled the ball dwelling from inside the realm, earlier than Rice scored in added time to spice up the Gunners’ objective distinction.

Bournemouth threatened much more within the second interval and Dominic Solanke pressured David Raya right into a save within the second half earlier than Justin Kluivert flashed a shot large.

The Cherries thought they’d pulled a objective again by way of Antoine Semenyo however his strike was dominated out for a foul on David Raya by Solanke within the construct up.

Arsenal centre-back Gabriel additionally had a objective dominated out late on for offside after he smashed a volley into the highest nook.

The victory means Arsenal are clear on the high however their four-point lead could solely final just a few hours as title rivals Manchester Metropolis play later this afternoon.

In the course of the match, Arsenal and their followers paid tribute to 14-year-old supporter Daniel Anjorin, who was killed in a sword assault on Tuesday.

Arsenal maintain stress on Metropolis in title race

The Gunners began the sport extraordinarily shortly and had Bournemouth below stress for almost all of the primary half.

Mikel Arteta’s aspect had 11 photographs within the opening 20 minutes of the match – the joint-most by a Premier League aspect this season – however for some time it regarded as if it may not be their day.

William Saliba had a shot nicely saved by Travers after he exchanged passes with Saka, earlier than the England winger himself had an effort saved by the Bournemouth keeper.

Rice had a superb likelihood to open the scoring within the first half however he shot simply large from a Havertz knock down.

Trossard, Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard and Takehiro Tomiyasu all had additional alternatives earlier than Saka lastly made the breakthrough from the spot.

The strain eased when Trossard completed nicely to double the lead, and Rice’s strike in added time added additional gloss to the scoreline.

The victory is Arsenal’s fourth win on the bounce as they maintain the stress on Manchester Metropolis and hope the champions drop factors within the title race.​

Bournemouth second half exhibits why they’re enhancing

The Cherries are having their greatest ever season within the high flight and their factors tally of 48 is a membership report.

Nevertheless, they have been pinned again for many of the first half as they struggled to cope with Arsenal’s high quality and had just one shot earlier than the break, which got here within the opening minute of the match from Dango Ouattara.

Eighteen-goal striker Solanke was nicely marshalled by the Arsenal defence and will likely be disenchanted he didn’t take full benefit when Gabriel stepped on the ball within the seventeenth minute, however Saliba prevented him from getting a shot off.

However supervisor Andoni Iraola will likely be happy with how his aspect improved within the second half they usually gave Arsenal a scare earlier than the second and third objectives went in.

The guests will really feel they need to have had a objective by way of Semenyo, however VAR Peter Bankes agreed with on-field referee David Coote that Raya was pushed within the build-up to the objective.

Bournemouth can nonetheless end within the high half of the desk however they didn’t come too near choosing up any extra factors on this match.