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Conspiracy theories wide of the mark as Bournemouth beat underwhelming Arsenal
Bournemouth's Adam Smith (left) and Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli battle for the ball during the Premier League match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth. Picture date: Saturday October 19, 2024

Bournemouth 2–0 Arsenal
by Layth Yousif
at Dean Court

CONSPIRACIES and controversy raged on the south coast, but as the dust settled on a damaging defeat for Mikel Arteta’s Premier League title chasing team, kudos and credit had to go to Bournemouth, and it must be said, VAR.

Two second-half goals, from Ryan Christie and a Justin Kluivert penalty, were enough to inflict the first defeat of Arsenal’s campaign on a contentious afternoon at Dean Court.

Wrangling, arguments and strife ignited on Saturday evening after William Saliba was sent off in the first half, making it three red cards in eight games for Arsenal this term. 

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