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Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth – 3 talking points as Gunners go top

By Adam Schultz

Arsenal's French defender William Saliba (C) celebrates after scoring his team third goal during the English Premier League football match between Bournemouth and Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England on August 20, 2022. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)
Arsenal's French defender William Saliba (C) celebrates after scoring his team third goal during the English Premier League football match between Bournemouth and Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England on August 20, 2022. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Arsenal moved to the top of the Premier League table after a 3-0 win over Bournemouth. A first-half double from Martin Odegaard and a second half William Saliba strike sealed the win.

Mikel Arteta named an unchanged side for the third consecutive game as the Gunners chased another win with Fabio Vieira and Emile Smith Rowe returning to a strong-looking bench.

It took Arsenal five minutes to take the lead. After a mazy run from Gabriel Jesus, the Brazilian played in Martinelli, who saw his shot saved, but the rebound fell to Martin Odegaard, and the Gunners skipper tapped home.

Arsenal doubled their lead after some good work from Bukayo Saka and Ben White, with the right back producing a nice cut back to Gabriel Jesus, whose touch took the ball away from him, and Odegaard took it off his boot and smashed home.

The Gunners were untroubled for the entire half, and the halftime stats proved it, 73% possession to 26 and eight shots on goal (three on target) to none.

Arsenal added to their lead early in the second half with William Saliba producing a superb curling effort with his weaker foot after a neat layoff from Granit Xhaka, and the 21-year-old scored his first Gunners goal.

Jesus thought he had made it 4-0 later in the half; however, after VAR intervened, he was deemed offside.

Arsenal managed the remaining minutes of the half as they cruised to their third consecutive win.

The game provided plenty of talking points, here they are.

Odegaard offers another scoring threat

Arsenal’s skipper was scintillating in the opening ten minutes, netting twice with two well-taken finishes. While much of the attention over the opening two games have been on Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli, the Norwegian reminded us today of his quality.

Adding goals from the midfield eases the pressure on the front three, and the Gunners’ midfield did the job against Bournemouth.

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Odegaard will likely not get too many days where he scores twice, but he was great value for his double today and gives the Gunners yet another goal-scoring weapon.

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