CHERRIES’ painful last-minute defeat to league leaders Arsenal will live long in the memory of both teams.
Mikel Arteta’s Gunners showed their title credentials to complete a three-goal turnaround to win 3-2 after trailing 2-0 at the hour mark.
From Philip Billing going close to creating Premier League history to Reiss Nelson’s 97th minute winner, here are some notable figures stemming from the game.
9.11 – Philip Billing opened scores after just 9.11 seconds, the second-fastest goal in Premier League history. Only Shane Long’s strike against Watford in 2019 came quicker, the Irishman scoring after 7.69 seconds.
4 – Cherries doubled their previous goal tally from their last six trips to Arsenal, having only scored twice in the fixture before. Callum Wilson and Lys Mousset had previously scored consolation goals in respective 3-1 and 5-1 defeats at the Emirates.
7 - Arsenal have won all seven of their home games against Bournemouth in all competitions. The Gunners have won those seven games by an aggregate score of 20-4.
14 - Bournemouth failed to keep a clean sheet against Arsenal for the 14th game, winning just one of those previous meetings. (P14 W1 D2 L11).
33 - Arsenal have lost just one of their past 33 home league games kicking off at the traditional slot 3.00pm on a Saturday (P32 W26 D6), last losing to Brighton at the Emirates in April 2022.
51 - Cherries have now let in 51 goals this season, meaning they have conceded at least 50 times in each of their six Premier League campaigns.
9 - Bournemouth have lost all nine of their Premier League games against teams starting the day top of the table, now having conceded 30 goals in the process.
0 - Arsenal named a starting XI without a single player to have made a competitive appearance under legendary boss Arsene Wenger for the first time since January 1986, when they played Aston Villa in the League Cup.
3 – It was the third time this season Cherries lost after leading by two goals. The Dorset outfit tasted a 3-2 defeat to Arsenal’s north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in October, as well as losing 4-3 at Elland Road to Leeds despite leading 3-1.
4024 – Arsenal won a Premier League game in which they were behind by two goals for the first time since defeating rivals Spurs in February 2012, 4024 days ago. The Gunners came back from 2-0 down to thump their neighbours 5-2.
12 – Cherries have dropped 12 points this campaign after taking the lead (P11 W5 D3 L3).
2 – There have been two Premier League games in which a side have comeback to win in the 90th minute after going behind in the first- Arsenal also made a comeback after trailing early on to Fulham during the 2007-08 campaign, Alexander Hleb saving the day for the Gunners.
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