Giroud rescues Arsenal yet again

January 04 00:44 2017

Fresh from his scorpion goal against Palace, Olivier Giroud grabbed the equaliser in the first minute of added on time with a flicked header to see the points shared.

Ryan Fraser made it 3-0 in the 58th minute before goals from Alexis Sanchez and Lucas Perez set up a barnstorming finale.

The Cherries had raced to a three-goal lead after some lackadaisical defending from the visiting side, with full-back Charlie Daniels opening the scoring as early on in the first half.

The result leaves them sitting fourth in the table, now eight points adrift of leaders Chelsea but the Blues have a game in hand.

Bournemouth had quickly seized on Arsenal’s malaise from the kickoff, with the influential Junior Stanislas playing a key role in the opener. We need to recover well and train again and prepare for Bournemouth.

“Iwobi is better off in the middle for Arsenal when they come up against teams who are defensively minded like we saw against Crystal Palace”, Henry said, as quoted by Metro.

“I was baffled with our first-half display, we were lumping the ball to Christian Benteke and who told them to do that?”

As much as we’d love to show you the footage, Premier League rules mean a couple of stills will have to make do.

The London side’s form has been a bit up and down, as they had two straight losses followed by two straight heading into the fixture against Bournemouth. “We should not have done these kind of mistakes”.

The hosts were then awarded a penalty four minutes later when Ryan Fraser was brought down by Granit Xhaka.

Asked about Arsenal’s title chances, Wenger said: “We don’t really speak about us and we do not look around us at the moment”.

“I’m ready to play again tomorrow as long as I play against an opponent who played today as well”.

“When you play against a team that has over three days recovery and you played on Sunday, late afternoon, it’s too big a handicap at the start”.

However, while it was a miraculous comeback from three goals down, it must still be considered two points dropped, and not one point gained.

Olivier Giroud right scored Arsenal's equaliser late

Giroud rescues Arsenal yet again
 
 
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