Arsenal made one change from their 0-0 draw against Southampton in midweek, bringing in Oxlade-Chamberlain at the expense of Joel Campbell, while the hosts were unchanged from their win at Crystal Palace.
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Goals from Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ended a run of four league games without a win and moved Arsenal level on points with second-placed Tottenham.
Unlike Arsenal, Bournemouth headed into the game in the middle of a good spell which had seen them unbeaten in their last five games in all competitions.
Since the two teams last met at the end of December, title challengers Arsenal have accumulated six points in their last five games while relegation threatened Bournemouth have picked up eight points in their last five. “Leicester is a very good example for our league”.
The striker rounded goalkeeper David De Gea to net his sixth goal in seven league appearances under Hiddink and cancel out Jesse Lingard’s 61st-minute volley. Chelsea remain in the bottom half, in 13th place.
Wenger’s side claimed a famous victory against the Spanish giants in a 2-1 win at the Emirates in 2010 but they’ve failed to get past the Catalans in their last three knockout ties.
The Chelsea-Manchester United fixture had been one of the highlights of the season for most of the past decade but with both teams having struggled for form this season, there was a subdued atmosphere in the first half. The only thing we know is that it’s a bad muscular injury that will keep him out for a long time.
Arsenal re-established themselves as serious contenders for their first Premier League title since 2004 with a comfortable victory at lowly Bournemouth on Sunday. “We realised what Leicester did yesterday and we needed to close that gap and it was important to go back to winning ways”, Ramsey said.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, speaking to BBC Sport: “We had a strong start, with good finishing and we controlled the game”.
“We were much-improved in the second half without getting that goal to put them under pressure”, he said. It is the quality of work.
“It’s very important that, even when you have a rough spell which you will definitely have in a season, you stay positive, don’t panic, analyse everything in the right way and believe you have what it takes to win the league”.
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“I have to accept that everybody can have different opinions”, Wenger said.
