“They suddenly become the favourite in the Premier League and it makes our game (next week) a big game”.
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Those shots aside, Arsenal never looked like surrendering their lead and the win puts them level on points with Tottenham’s 48. The reverse fixture between the two sides ended in a 2-0 win for the Gunners, with Gabriel and Mesut Ozil scoring the two goals for the north London club. They controlled the game with early possession before catching Bournemouth with a pair of swift strikes which rendered the contest a foregone conclusion. “When I see his team play, they play well and you see he has done a great job there”.
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who helped set up Oxlade-Chamberlain’s goal, acknowledged that Leicester’s win had increased the pressure on Arsenal to respond. The 22-year-old, who did not play a first-team goal for Arsenal before being sold to Wolves, has scored in his last three games. “When you work that way you can’t just say I’ve had a better offer, I’m going to go”.
Wenger s side travel to face Bournemouth on Sunday looking for a first league win in five games. “I will make it happen once more, I will have the strength to make it, I will find it and I will be back again”.
“We have to look at the facts”.
Bournemouth nearly got back into the game when Harry Arter beat two men and unleashed an impressive dipping strike that was kept out by an acrobatic Petr Cech save.
Walcott’s speed is always huge for a team like Arsenal that has such skilled midfielders to play through balls and play into his strengths.
And Arsenal fans reacted with fury on Friday to news that the club has placed a surcharge on tickets for the UEFA Champions League round of 16 game against Barcelona at Emirates Stadium in March.
He said, “Although we have had a bad spell because we have not won for four games, the performances haven’t been bad at all”.
With the Foxes up next in what could ultimately prove to be a title decider, it was all but imperative that manager Arsene Wenger made up ground on the top order.
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Eddie Howe will be under no illusions as to how hard the task will be, but knows a win will leave them in a good position to climb out of the bottom half of the table when they host Stoke City in a week’s time. “I really hope they will be champions”.
