Arsenal returned to winning ways in the league with a less than convincing 1-0 win over Bournemouth at the Emirates stadium.
David Luiz scored the only goal of the game in the ninth minute, and that was enough for the Gunners to get the three points.
A good corner from Nicolas Pepe met the head of the Brazilian centre-back, who powered his header into the back of the net.
Bournemouth barely threatened in the first half, barring a close-range header Dominic Solanke.
The Cherries did make a good start to the second half when Callum Wilson rounded Bernd Leno and cut back, only to see that there was no teammate to finish a good move off.
They had other chances later on to equalise, but the clinical edge was missing.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a chance to make it 2-0 in the stoppage time, but the striker hit the post.
Here’s how we rated the Arsenal players after this game:
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