Midway through the second half, with 10-man Arsenal a goal down, Declan Rice was seen demanding his teammates to stay alert and keep position as Bournemouth pressed for a second.
It was a mistake from Leandro Trossard that led to William Saliba’s red card and Rice was getting frustrated at some of the sloppiness that followed given what had happened. His worst fears came to fruition soon after.
Jakub Kiwior – who had come on for Raheem Sterling in the first half to counter-balance Saliba’s dismissal – left his back pass to David Raya short. Evanilson, the man Saliba had felled, nipped in and was tripped by the goalkeeper to win the spot kick.
Justin Kluivert’s conversion killed any hopes of an Arsenal revival and Kiwior was subjected to the dreaded double substitution, taken off a few minutes later. Rice was one of few players who left the field at full-time with credit.
