Arsenal ‘looked like strangers’ as Walcott questions squad’s ‘hunger’ and Redknapp names solution

Theo Walcott and Jamie Redknapp have both criticised Arsenal after they suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season to Bournemouth.

Arsenal went down to 10 men at the Vitality Stadium when a puzzling Leandro Trossard backpass caught William Saliba out, forcing him to pull back Evanilson and ultimately bring the striker down. Saliba was initially given a yellow card but this was upgraded to red as a VAR review confirmed that he was the last man.

The two teams went into the break at 0-0 but Antoine Semenyo should have given Bournemouth the lead soon after the restart when he fired over from close range.

Gabriel Martinelli then had a great chance but saw his shot saved by Kepa Arrizabalaga just before the Cherries took the lead.

A clever corner routine saw Justin Kluivert set up Ryan Christie, and the midfielder made no mistake with a brilliant left-footed strike into the top corner.

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