Emmanuel Petit was surprised by Mikel Arteta’s touchline demeanour against Bournemouth and says the Arsenal manager did not look himself. Arsenal had the chance to go top of the Premier League on Saturday night but instead suffered their first defeat of the season as Bournemouth clinched a 2-0 win to climb into the top-half of the table.

Mikel Arteta has revealed he left Bukayo Saka out of the squad for Arsenal’s trip to Bournemouth as the club not want to rush him back from injury. Saka injured his hamstring playing for England during the most recent international break and was forced off during their 2-1 defeat to Greece.

Mikel Arteta has bemoaned the red card shown to William Saliba as Arsenal fell to a shock 2-0 defeat away at Bournemouth on Saturday evening. Arsenal arrived at the South Coast unbeaten but after a bright opening,