Arsenal suffer their first defeat with one less player on the field
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Arsenal suffer their first defeat with one less player on the field
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Bournemouth scored a 2-0 home victory tonight, handing Arsenal their first defeat in eight Premier League games, leaving Pep Guardola's Manchester City the only unbeaten team in the Premier League. .

Arsenal were considered the pre-match favorites given their players' good form, but things took a turn for the worse when William Saliba fouled Evanilson and the match referee sent him off after watching VAR in the 30th minute. .

While the first half was scoreless, the home side found their way to a goal in just nine minutes, scoring twice – Ryan Christie in the 70th minute and Justin Kluivert nine minutes later from the penalty spot.

After this loss, the "gunners" are ranked third in the table with 17 points, missing the chance to surpass the leader Liverpool who has one more point (18), but a less played game, while the champion ranks second current Manchester City, also with a less developed match.

Bournemouth, for whom this was only the third victory in this edition of the competition, is ranked in 10th position with 11 points.

Liverpool - Chelsea and Wolves - Manchester City are the two matches that conclude the eighth week of the Premier League tomorrow.

In the other matches played today, the Tottenham team scored a home victory over West Ham with a score of 4:1. Fulham as a host lost 1:3 to Aston Villa, which is now ranked fourth in the table with 17 points, thus intensifying the fight for the new title.

Manchester United defeated Brentford with the result 2:1, while Newcastle United suddenly lost to Brighton as a host 0:1 and Southampton lost at home to Leicester City - 2:3. Another away victory in the eighth week was scored by Everton against Ipswich Town with the result 2:0.

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