Jamie Redknapp praised Bournemouth for the intensity they brought to their match against Arsenal, stating that it unsettled the Gunners.
Mikel Arteta made some adjustments to his lineup, with Raheem Sterling and Mikel Merino included in the starting XI as he looked to give his team the best chance of securing a win.
However, Arsenal began the game lacking the same desire and determination that Bournemouth displayed.
The Cherries came out aggressively from the start, showing they were willing to do whatever it took to get a result.
Arsenal struggled to find their rhythm, and it proved costly when William Saliba was sent off around the 30-minute mark.
The Gunners never managed to recover, as Bournemouth continued to press and dominate for the remainder of the game.
While on punditry duty on Sky Sports, Redknapp said:
“They make it so difficult for teams. They earned that right today with the intensity and they made Arsenal feel uncomfortable.
“Almost forget the 10 v 11, the 11 v 11, that was when Bournemouth were very good. They forced issues, they forced problems and they were so good. And you know what, they deserve their result today.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Bournemouth deserved their win because they put up a proper fight against us and were rewarded as we were sloppy for most of the game.
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I think Jamie Rednapp said “They haven’t started flowing yet” which is a good way to put it regarding Arsenal so far this season. The injuries have been a big issue and Sterling and Merino are yet to gel. All perfectly understandable. Better to have the shortcomings highlighted now and gain momentum rather than have everything unravel and face this mid/end-season. They will have to work very hard now, but they get paid extremely well so that shouldn’t be a problem. Also the red cards are becoming troublesome again, but that’s because they’ve lost the rhythm and organisation a bit lately, which should get better as the new players integrate and injuries hopefully subside.
He’s right. Arsenal didn’t look too good prior to the red card. It was always going to be a tighter game than some Gooners thought (not a walkover as was being suggested in some pre-match forecasts on JA) so losing Saliba was a real blow – although a correct decision. It was pretty uninspiring from then on.
Arsenal must address this discipline problem in my opinion – and quickly. They’ve had three players sent off this season already. White yesterday was also the latest Arsenal player booked for time-wasting (putting himself unnecessarily more at risk of a second yellow). This followed Raya’s yellow for the same thing while on international duty earlier in the week.
Arteta needs to read the riot act generally about all of this. Just in case anyone thinks that it doesn’t matter too much at this stage of the season, visit the BBC sport website. There’s a table there that shows of all the EPL title winners in the last ten seasons only one – Leicester back in 2015-16 – won the title with three red cards in total – a number that Arsenal currently has only 8 games into the season! Every other title-winning team had less than three in total.
Its called discipline. And being totally ruthless.
It was not a good day in the office for Arsenal.
We still get jittery when pressed. One day we’ll learn. I hope it’s soon. Just sayin…