10-man Arsenal fall to disastrous defeat against Bournemouth after William Saliba red card

Arsenal succumbed to a shock 2-0 defeat against Bournemouth that saw William Saliba sent off.

The Gunners travelled to the south coast having gone unbeaten in all of their opening seven games but fell short on Saturday.

With around 30 minutes played, Saliba fouled Bournemouth striker Evanilson whilst he was running into the Arsenal half.

Saliba was initially shown a yellow card by referee Robert Jones but after a VAR check, the centre-back was sent walking.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta opted to make a change amid their new one-man disadvantage but it failed to make a positive impact.

Bournemouth scored the opener in the 70th minute when Ryan Christie fired in following a smart corner routine.

The Cherries were the in dreamland soon after as David Raya fouled Evanilson in the area and Jones pointed to the spot.

Justin Kluivert was the man to step up from 12 yards and he did so with ease to net his side’s second and seal all three points.

Arsenal missed out on the chance to go top of the Premier League and could end the weekend in fourth if Chelsea beat Liverpool.

The north London side were without two key stars in Bukayo Saka and captain Martin Odegaard due to injury.

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