Izuchukwu OkosiArsenal hosted and defeated Bournemouth 3-0 at Emirates stadium in the early kickoff on Saturday afternoon to go four points clear in the Premier League table, reports Prime Business Africa.
The Gunners knew a win is a given as nearest title challengers and current champions Manchester City play later in the evening.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelBukayo Saka, Leandro Trossard and Declan Rice were on the scoresheet for the home side.
Arsenal started the game on the back of an impressive north London derby win against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
The lineup was unchanged from the side that took on the team coached by Ange Postecoglu whose job could be on the line.
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Mikel Arteta’s side missed several clear cut scoring chances in the first half but eventually broke the deadlock when Kai havertz latched onto a through pass by Martin Odegaard and brought down by the onrushing Bournemouth keeper, Marc Tavers.
The game was halted for several minutes for VAR checks and a penalty was ultimately awarded which Anglo-Nigerian, Saka, dispatched from the spot for his sixth goal from 12 yards.
Trossard made it 2-0 in the 70th minute when he was teed off by Man-of-the-Match, Declan Rice.
Rice then made victory certain in added time as the north London giants have now chalked up 83 points.
The Gunners paid tribute to 14-year-old British-Nigerian boy, Daniel Anjorin who was recently murdered in a knife attack in the UK.
City will seek to pile the pressure as they face Wolverhampton Wanderers as they seek to pile the pressure.
Kick off is 5.30pm Nigerian time.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
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