3 Positives & Negatives From Arsenal's 3-0 Win Over Bournemouth

3 positives and negatives from Arsenal’s 3-0 victory over Bournemouth

Arsenal's Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus (C) and Arsenal's Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard (3rd R) celebrate with teammates after winning at the end of the English Premier League football match between Bournemouth and Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England on August 20, 2022. - Arsenal won 3 - 0 against Bournemouth. - 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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It was a dominant performance by the Gunners in a 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Matchday 3.

Arsenal’s third win on the bounce means they climbed to the top of the Premier League table ahead of Manchester City’s trip to Newcastle on Sunday and supporters have plenty to be excited about.

3 positives and negatives from Arsenal’s 3-0 victory over Bournemouth

So, what stood out in this win? Here are three positives and negatives from the win over the Cherries.

Positive #1: Martin Ødegaard

BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND – AUGUST 20: Martin Odegaard of Arsenal interacts with the crowd following the Premier League match between AFC Bournemouth and Arsenal FC at Vitality Stadium o,n August 20, 2022 in Bournemouth, England. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) /

Martin has found his shooting boots! A maiden Premier League brace for the captain today was a fantastic result for him after a slow start to the season.

After an insane Gabriel Jesus run and Gabriel Martinelli shot, he was there to finish the rebound and he was also in the right place again in the box when Jesus’ touch went further than intended.

It is great to see the shooting instinct coming into play and, hopefully, he continues to build on that in the coming weeks and months.

Negative #1: Should have been more

Gabriel Jesus had a goal ruled out for offside in the second half. (Photo by GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images) /

This was a dominant performance, without a doubt, but there could have been more from Arsenal – in the second half in particular.

Granted, if Jesus had been declared onside by a sliver of a margin, we could be having a different conversation but there is no doubt that Arsenal took their foot off the gas a bit after they went 2-0 ahead after 11 minutes.

It was still a resounding performance, and this is probably being greedy because Bournemouth never really seemed to be that threatening, there wasn’t all that much need to run the score up to 5/6-0.

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