Bournemouth upset ten-man Arsenal with 2-0 win at home

Bournemouth earned a surprise 2-0 victory against Arsenal at home thanks to goals from Ryan Christie and Justin Kluivert.

The encounter was flipped on its head after the first half an hour when William Saliba was shown a straight red card for denying Cherries striker Evanilson a goal-scoring opportunity.

Saliba is now banned for one Premier League game, which falls against Liverpool next Sunday in Gameweek 9 at the Emirates Stadium.

After 70 minutes, Christie broke the deadlock when Lewis Cook’s clever delivery from was flicked on by Kluivert and the Scottish international took the ball in his stride brilliantly to find the top corner.

Less than ten minutes later, David Raya took Evanilson out in the penalty box and the hosts were awarded the chance to double their lead on the south coast.

Kluivert stepped up and converted to score his first goal of the Premier League season for Bournemouth, who moved into the top half of the table with the win.

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According to the best football betting sites, Arsenal have drifted out to as big as 5/2 to win the Premier League title this season – and Manchester City have since emerged as 11/8 favourites.

The Cherries are a huge 10/1 to be relegated to the Championship, sitting eight points clear of the drop zone after Gameweek 8.

Mikel Arteta‘s side have tasted defeat for the very first time in all competitions this season, putting an end to a run of ten games without losing including three draws.

It doesn’t get any easier as they gear up to face the in-form Liverpool on Super Sunday in Gameweek 9, who currently lead Arsenal by one point in the standings with a game in hand.

Bournemouth have earned their third win of the season and their second in the last three, with Andoni Iraola’s side appearing to hold their own amongst England’s best so far.