Just as against Southampton at the weekend, the team made a fast early start, with Mesut Özil scoring within four minutes. Henrikh Mkhitaryan then capitalised on a Bournemouth mistake to make it 2-0, before Arsenal made a mistake of their own to let the away side back into the match at 2-1.

That’s how it remained until half-time, but the Gunners came back out in the second half with a renewed energy, scoring twice in 15 minutes after the break. Laurent Koscielny and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got the goals, assisted by Mkhitaryan in both cases.

That killed the game as a contest, but Alexandre Lacazette still had time to come off the bench and add a fifth from a set piece.

Let’s have a look at our individual player ratings for the clash.

Bernd Leno 7.5

Leno made a great save early on to deny Ryan Fraser one on one, and the German goalkeeper had to make a few more to keep Bournemouth to just one goal in the 90 minutes.

It was a shame he couldn’t keep a clean sheet, but he had no chance with the finish for the goal. On the other hand, it was perhaps a bit too risky to give the ball to Matteo Guendouzi when the Frenchman was under so much pressure. Still, all in all, Leno played well.

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