William Saliba sent off as Arsenal lose first Premier League game of the season at Bournemouth

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Bournemouth 2 Arsenal 0

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (centre right) attempts to prevent Kai Havertz from speaking to the match officials after the Premier League match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth. Photo credit: Steven Paston/PA Wire.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (centre right) attempts to prevent Kai Havertz from speaking to the match officials after the Premier League match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth. Photo credit: Steven Paston/PA Wire.

Philip O'Connor

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A brilliantly-worked goal by Ryan Christie and a Justin Kluivert penalty gave Bournemouth a shock 2-0 Premier League win at home to 10-man Arsenal on Saturday, with Gunners defender William Saliba shown a straight red card in the first half.

Already missing Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka through injury, Arsenal lost Saliba on the half-hour mark when a yellow card for bringing down Evanlison was upgraded to red after a VAR review, and it turned out to be the pivotal moment of the game as their unbeaten start to the league season was ended.

After making the most of their one-man advantage to pin the visitors back, Christie finally broke the deadlock in the 70th minute when fellow substitute Kluivert flicked a low corner into his path, and the 29-year-old drilled it into the top corner to give Bournemouth the lead.

Things went from bad to worse for Arsenal seven minutes later when keeper David Raya upended Evanilson in the box, and Kluivert scored from the spot to make it 2-0 and secure three well-deserved points for the Cherries.