Bournemouth made historical past by claiming an away victory over Arsenal for the very first time as Andoni Iraola bought one over on his childhood teammate, Mikle Arteta, on the Emirates.
Iraola’s facet got here from a aim behind to win 2-1 because the Cherries accomplished a first-ever league double over the Gunners.
Declan Rice gave the hosts the lead on his a hundredth Arsenal look as Arteta named a robust beginning XI, however second-half targets from Dean Huijsen and Evanilson turned the sport on its head.
The outcome strikes Bournemouth as much as eighth and offers a serious increase to their hopes of taking part in European soccer for the primary time subsequent season.
For the Gunners, in the meantime, they head into Wednesday’s crunch Champions League semi-final second-leg showdown with PSG off the again of a defeat.
Extra recollections made 🥰
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Nevertheless, the hosts began brightly. Rice flashed a few efforts broad early on because the Gunners began to probe.
But it surely was the guests who had the sport’s first actual likelihood, Evanilson heading over from Milos Kerkez’s whipped cross when the Brazilian maybe ought to have no less than examined David Raya.
Gabriel Martinelli then dragged a left-footed effort broad after some neat build-up between Leandro Trossard and Bukayo Saka.
Trossard went near giving the Gunners the lead shortly after however his downward header was properly saved out by Kepa within the Bournemouth aim.
However simply five-minutes later, the hosts did break the impasse when Rice latched on to an Odegaard move earlier than coolly taking the ball spherical Kepa and ending confidently for his eighth aim of the marketing campaign.
Declan Rice offers Arsenal the lead towards Bournemouth ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/ywHdWOzSop
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Evanilson and Justin Kluivert then each had probabilities as Iraola regarded for a constructive response from his gamers after going a aim behind.
Bournemouth hit again after the break
After the restart, Saka fluffed his traces with a header contained in the six-yard field earlier than going shut with a rasping effort not lengthy after that fizzed narrowly broad.
Antoine Semenyo was then introduced on as Bournemouth regarded to salvage one thing from the sport.
And it proved to be an impressed change because the Ghana worldwide’s lengthy throw-in arrange the equaliser.
On 67-minutes, Semenyo’s throw deep into the Arsenal field discovered the top of Huijsen and the much-admired 20-year-old directed his effort previous Raya and into the far nook.
Dean Huijsen heads dwelling after an extended throw-in and Bournemouth are stage! 🍒 pic.twitter.com/HACX3cf5xS
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) May 3, 2025
Out of the blue Arsenal regarded rattled. The Cherries, in the meantime, sensed a chance.
And, certain sufficient, they constructed on that momentum by taking the lead with 1 / 4 of an hour remaining when Evanilson bundled the ball dwelling following Marcus Tavernier’s header from a nook.
It proved to be the final motion of the match as Bournemouth held on for a well-known victory, whereas Arsenal had been left licking their wounds forward of a monumental conflict in Paris subsequent week.
