Mikel Arteta has urged his Arsenal players to use their defeat to Bournemouth as fuel and told them they cannot afford to feel sorry for themselves. The Gunners slumped to their first loss of the season on Saturday evening as they were beaten 2-0 by Bournemouth.

Arsenal have somehow thrived without their creative focal point over the last month and a bit. They even made you think in the first half hour that they could scrape by without Bukayo Saka too. Take William Saliba out of the mix with an hour to go -- Leandro Trossard compelling his team mate to choose from a string of unpalatable options with one clumsy back pass -- and it just became too much for Mikel Arteta's side,