Key events
Arsenal: There’s only one place to start when it comes to reacting to yesterday’s action and that’s at the Emirates. After a lacklustre start it looked like the Gunners would find a way to win when Viktor Gyökeres levelled from the penalty spot, after Junior Kroupi’s early strike, but Arsenal remained flat and lacking in ideas. It was a fine goal from Alex Scott that settled the game (how many suitors will the English midfielder have this summer, by the way?) with Arteta describing it as “a big punch to the face” and a “painful day”.
“There’s no grey areas,” he said. “We need to be very, very, very strong and determined to approach it in a different way than we’ve done today, especially when the game wasn’t going our way. There’s a lot, a lot, a lot on our plate to look at ourselves.”
Preamble
Morning all and welcome to Sunday’s matchday live – and what a Sunday it could be in the Premier League, with potential consequences for the relegation fight, the battle for Champions League qualification and the title race. Oh, and whatever Crystal Palace v Newcastle means. After Arsenal’s catastrophe at home to Bournemouth, can Manchester City capitalise with a win at Chelsea? Can Nottingham Forest and Tottenham respond to West Ham’s thumping win on Friday night? And do Aston Villa have anything left in the tank to revive their top five ambitions?
As always, we’ll be bringing you all the reaction from Saturday and buildup to today’s fixtures. Feel free to drop us an email with your thoughts on the weekend so far, or predictions of what’s to come.
Let’s get straight into it, shall we? I’ll begin by plugging this Paul MacInnes piece from the Emirates yesterday, where many of Arsenal’s flaws were exposed.
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