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Bournemouth 0 - Arsenal 2: Gunners go level with Spurs after comfortable win over Cherries
ARSENE WENGER insisted the stakes could not have been higher yesterday. Next stop? The title favourites.
Mesut Ozil celebrates his goal against Bournemouth
Goals from Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – scored within a minute of each other midway through the first half – were enough to draw a line under an alarming run that had threatened to undermine the Gunners’ season.
But after a first win in five league games, manager Wenger insisted Arsenal’s title challenge was back on track ahead of Sunday’s showdown at the Emirates with the leaders
“Of course we needed a result, for two reasons,” said Wenger. “One, we haven’t won for a while, we had four games without a win. When you play at the top, that’s a long period, confidence drops a little bit.
“And Leicester running away and us playing them next week, to make the game interesting, it was very important for us to win today.