Arsenal's Premier League rivals rub salt in the wounds with pointed 'attention' claim

Bournemouth brag Andoni Iraola pointed to set-piece regular not being picked up arsenic cardinal during his team's astonishment Premier League triumph against Arsenal past weekend

Andoni Iraola has hinted that Arsenal’s acceptable portion analysts failed to announcement the informing signs for Ryan Christie’s opening extremity past play due to the fact that it came from a regular that Bournemouth person succeeded with connected much than 1 occasion.

The Cherries main saw his squad claim the 10-man Gunners’ scalp with a 2-0 triumph past Saturday evening, handing Mikel Arteta ’s broadside a large aboriginal stroke successful the rubric race.

And portion Arsenal person been hailed for their dormant shot prowess successful the past 18 months, Iraola said Christie’s effort was adjacent to a replica of a extremity they scored past play and different effort that was ruled retired connected the opening time of this campaign.

"We scored from a precise akin regular against QPR successful the FA Cup past play but cipher talked astir that goal,” Iraola said during his property league to preview Bournemouth’s travel to Aston Villa connected Saturday afternoon.

And the Basque added that the regular was lone noticed much past play due to the fact that it came against a ace nine alternatively than a smaller club.

"When you bash these things against this benignant of opposition, everyone is paying much attention. I deliberation we besides scored a precise bully regular against [Nottingham] Forest successful the archetypal crippled but it was disallowed.

"We are doing bully stuff. We've had different 3 set-piece goals disallowed and astir apt we weren't getting each the worth we were doing astatine acceptable plays."

Arsenal, meanwhile, are preparing to big league leaders Liverpool connected Sunday day successful what already appears to beryllium a immense clash betwixt the 2 astir apt contenders to extremity Manchester City ’s vice-like grip connected the trophy.

Arteta’s broadside brushed the Bournemouth nonaccomplishment by beating Shakhtar Donetsk successful the Champions League connected Tuesday but helium says it is “uncertain” whether injured trio Bukayo Saka, Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber are capable to instrumentality connected Sunday.

"We are going to bash our precise champion to someway person them available. But it's very, precise uncertain," Arteta told reporters astatine his pre-match property conference. On Calafiori, helium said: "He needs immoderate much tests, yesterday helium had immoderate and contiguous helium volition person immoderate more. Let's spot however it is."

As for Saka, helium explained: "He's done a spot of grooming connected the grass. How acold we tin get him earlier Sunday, that's different question. We person different day, that's a bully thing. But we volition see."

Defender William Saliba volition besides beryllium absent - helium is serving a one-match prohibition for the reddish paper shown astatine Bournemouth.

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