Arsenal Vs Bournemouth: Player ratings – Mkhitaryan magic

Arsenal hosted Bournemouth on Wednesday evening as they looked to keep the pressure on in the top-four race. Here are the player ratings from the 5-1 win.

Arsenal looked to make it three straight wins as they played host to mid-table Bournemouth on Wednesday night. It started exactly the way they’d want it to, with a quick goal from who else but Mesut Ozil. The German international was played in by a quick-hit pass from Sead Kolasinac and Ozil, passing up the chance to feed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, finished it off for himself in stellar fashion.

It wasn’t long after that that Henrikh Mkhitaryan, preying on a mistake from the Cherries, plucked away a cross-pitch pass, proceeded to feed Ozil, who re-fed Mkhitaryan, who had only to pass it into an open net. It was smooth sailing until Matteo Guendouzi gave away a ball right on the edge of his own goal box that the Cherries easily put away to close the gap.

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In the second half, the Gunners controlled the game, scoring three goals through Laurent Koscielny and that pair of brilliant centre-forwards, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, racing onto Mkhitaryan’s pass and rounding the goalkeeper, and Alexandre Lacazette, who dipped a superb freekick up and over the wall.

Here are the player ratings from the 5-1 victory, with some help from Josh Sippie.

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