After a well-contested 2-2 draw away to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, AFC Bournemouth welcomed Arsenal to Dean Court on Saturday, looking to end their now double-figure run of games without a victory.

Could the Cherries do this against the current Premier League leaders? A New Year’s gift early on raised hopes, but ultimately, the visitors had too much for the home side and ran out 3-2 winners.

AFC Bournemouth are now without a win in eleven games and, rather worryingly, have conceded 27 goals during this spell.

AFC Bournemouth could well have caused an upset with a late equaliser; however, rather controversially, referee Chris Kavanagh opted to blow the full-time whistle in the midst of an AFC Bournemouth attack…

…this being the same referee who, in March 2023, was quite happy to add on over a minute of additional time, enabling Arsenal to score a winner against the Cherries… consistency, consistency, consistency.

AFC Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola told Sky Sports…

“We played...