Arsenal vs Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction after Reiss Nelson’s last-minute winner
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Arsenal survived a massive scare in their pursuit of the Premier League title as they came back from two goals down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 with a last-gasp winner from Reiss Nelson, in a rip-roaring contest in north London on Saturday.
Relegation-threatened Bournemouth scored the second-quickest Premier League goal of all time after nine seconds of play through Philip Billing, and despite Arsenal’s domination, Marcos Senesi made it 2-0 for the visitors before the hour.
But then began an Arsenal comeback that could prove a pivotal moment in the title race.
Thomas Partey prodded a shot past Bournemouth keeper Neto just past the hour mark, and eight minutes later substitute Ben White’s volley crossed the line despite Neto’s desperate dive.
With the Emirates Stadium crowd roaring their side on it appeared Bournemouth had held on for a precious point in their fight against relegation, but substitute Nelson’s sensational strike seven minutes into stoppage time sealed a remarkable win. Arsenal restored their five-point lead over Manchester City, who had won earlier, with 63 points from 26 games.
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Martinelli is penalised for an innocuous-looking foul on Senesi near the Bournemouth area. Arteta's men need to keep their heads here – Bournemouth are already eating up valuable seconds whenever they can!
Arsenal vs AFC Bournemouth
We've passed the halfway point in this opening period, and Arsenal find themselves behind and have lost Trossard to injury. Things could have been even worse for the leaders, but former Bournemouth goalkeeper Ramsdale produced a huge save to keep the score at 1-0 moments before Trossard's injury.
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Trossard is down and appears to be in some discomfort. Both sets of players use the stoppage in play to take on instructions from their respective bosses.
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HUGE SAVE FROM RAMSDALE! How important could that prove to be!? Bournemouth should have a second as Billing and Solanke combine on the break. The goalscorer picks out Ouattara with his cut-back, but Ramsalde makes himself big to smother the shot! The Cherries should be 2-0 up!
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Saka's corner briefly looked set to find the net, but Bournemouth manage to scramble it clear at the near post.
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