EPL: ‘They did it 39 times against Bournemouth’ – Hargreaves on Arsenal’s major problem

Former Bayern Munich and Manchester United midfielder, Owen Hargreaves has pinpointed a large occupation with Arsenal successful their astir caller games.

He besides asserted that lone Declan Rice and Gabriel Magalhaes ‘performed adequately’ during Arsenal’s 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Bournemouth connected Saturday.

Mikel Arteta’s squad exhibited yet different lackluster show arsenic Viktor Gyokeres’ punishment equalized Junior Kroupi’s archetypal goal, followed by Alex Scott netting the decisive extremity for Bournemouth successful the 74th infinitesimal astatine the Emirates Stadium.

This decision leaves Arsenal inactive 9 points up astatine the apical of the Premier League; however, Manchester City present person 2 games successful manus and is acceptable to look the Gunners adjacent Sunday.

Arteta, for his part, continues to brushwood disapproval regarding Arsenal’s benignant of play and their nonaccomplishment to make aggregate clear-cut opportunities during matches.

“They [Arsenal] did not play with confidence,” Hargreaves remarked to Premier League Productions.

“I attended the match, and the assemblage was highly enthusiastic astatine the start, but by the end, they were dissatisfied with what they witnessed.

“The lone players who performed adequately were Declan Rice and Gabriel; the others we...