Declan Rice needs just one word to sum up feelings on Arsenal's latest red card

Arsenal fell to their archetypal Premier League decision of the play against Bournemouth connected Saturday aft being reduced to 10 men and Declan Rice was nether nary illusions arsenic to wherever the issues lied

Declan Rice bemoaned Arsenal's 'naivety' arsenic the Gunners slumped to decision against Bournemouth aft yet different reddish card.

The North London broadside fell to their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the campaign connected the southbound seashore connected Saturday. Goals from Ryan Christie and Justin Kluivert sealed the triumph for the location side.

Arsenal were reduced to 10 men arsenic William Saliba was sent disconnected for a last-man foul connected Evanilson - the determination coming aft a VAR review. The Frenchman was the 3rd Arsenal prima to spot reddish this play aft Rice himself and Leandro Trossard.

And the England midfielder has called connected his teammates to chopped retired their disciplinary issues. Speaking to Sky Sports aft the defeat, helium said: "We've kicked ourselves successful the ft 3 times successful 8 games and we got distant with it astatine location to Brighton and distant astatine Manchester City. Bournemouth kept probing and made it 2-0.

"I'm arrogant of the players for fighting, adjacent with 10 men, but the naivety, we request to halt making mistakes due to the fact that you privation 11 players for 90 minutes and that's what wins you shot matches.

"With 10 men we showed a batch of quality and property to enactment successful the game. The large accidental was Martinelli's and the keeper work it and made a large prevention and 1 infinitesimal later, usually a regular we are truthful beardown at, has done us.

"We can't marque silly mistakes. You request each your champion players connected the transportation astatine each times. The content is truthful precocious and we volition instrumentality together. This is football, immoderate happens the astir important happening is that you instrumentality unneurotic and enactment successful the close direction."

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The decision was particularly bruising for Arsenal fixed they could find themselves 4 points down leaders Liverpool by the extremity of the weekend. The Gunners instrumentality connected the Reds successful their adjacent Premier League lucifer - a crippled that they volition beryllium without Saliba for.

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta was arsenic arsenic disgruntled astatine the call. Speaking to Sky Sports, helium said: “The determination has to beryllium made. The determination is made connected the transportation and past it is changed connected the pitch. They’re not going to alteration it truthful determination made.” Probed again, helium replied: “Decision made.”

Asked successful his property league however the broadside could chopped retired their reddish cards, Arteta replied: "There are things that we person discussed successful narration to definite topics. What happens contiguous is astir unpredictable. Very hard to program it. We request to play with 11vs11 if we privation to triumph astatine this level."

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