{"id":630242,"date":"2023-09-30T06:17:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=630242"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:47:38","slug":"how-arsenal-breakdown-bournemouth-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/30\/how-arsenal-breakdown-bournemouth-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Important&#8217; Player Could Hold the Key: How Arsenal Can Breakdown Battling Bournemouth &#8211; Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">An injury-ravaged Arsenal side travel to the south coast on September 30 to face a Bournemouth side sitting 17th in the league with zero wins.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This has all the makings of a potential banana skin for the Gunners as Adoni Iraola seeks his first league win at the Vitality Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/arsenal&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How Arsenal Get Back to Winning Ways at Bournemouth<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How Mikel Arteta\u2019s Side Cope with Potential Absences<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In Arteta\u2019s press conference on Friday, he revealed that William Saliba has a \u201cknock\u201d on his foot. This is alongside the fact that Declan Rice hasn\u2019t trained since the Tottenham match. Another potential miss is Bukayo Saka, who was not in the squad for the win at Brentford in the Carabao Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/19\/chelsea-bayern-munich-monitoring-aaron-ramsdale-arsenal-situation\/\" target=\"_self\">European Giants and Rivals Circling as \u2018World-Class\u2019 Arsenal Star\u2019s Future \u2018Thrown Into Uncertainty\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With three massive players potentially out, Arsenal will hope their squad depth is enough to win this game. Reiss Nelson is a player fresh off the back of an all-action performance in midweek, running up and down the left wing and bagging the winner. He will hope to start in that position against the Cherries with Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard still out injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Watch<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: What Can Arsenal Win This Season Under Mikel Arteta?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHAMPIONS LEAGUE? - How Arsenal Can Win MAJOR TROPHIES Under Mikel Arteta This Season\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/maj91mQM4fI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Can Arsenal\u2019s Attack Finally Click in the League?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In all but one league win this season, Arsenal have only won by one goal, and the fans are still waiting for their attack to kick into gear. Gabriel Jesus was positioned out wide for the first time in the recent North London derby and missed a big chance to take a two-goal lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/28\/arsenal-victor-osimhen-ivan-toney-ollie-watkins-links\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arsenal Linked With \u00a3104 Million Star Amidst Others As Mikel Arteta Begins Search For \u2018Missing Piece\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/news\/nketiah-good-start-room-improvement\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eddie Nketiah<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0was trusted with leading the line, and it will be interesting to see which striker gets the nod up front. The potential for the manager to opt for a more traditional winger is also on the cards with Nelson, who has previously been described as &#8220;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/reiss-nelson-arsenal-mikel-arteta-b2294276.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">important<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8221; by Arteta. His inclusion would offer the Gunners a direct and pacey threat on the wing. The fact that Saka may also miss this match means that a forward line of Jesus, Nketiah and Nelson looks possible. Bournemouth will seemingly try and hit the Gunners on the counterattack &#8211; so being clinical is vital for Arsenal as they will have most of the possession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It will be a tricky fixture with Iraola\u2019s men fighting for every point, but even with key players missing, Arsenal should have enough to win on the south coast. Three points will set them up nicely for their biggest match of the season as Manchester City visit the Emirates on October 8.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An injury-ravaged Arsenal side travel to the south coast on September 30 to face a Bournemouth side sitting 17th in the league with zero wins.\u00a0This has all the makings of a potential banana skin for the Gunners as Adoni Iraola seeks his first league win at the Vitality Stadium. 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