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Owen Hargreaves claims just two Arsenal players \u201cplayed properly\u201d in their 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth in yet another game which saw the league leaders \u201coutplayed\u201d by their opponents.<\/p>\n
Alex Scott gave the Cherries victory as Arsenal were cut open at the Emirates after Viktor Gyokeres had cancelled out Junior Kroupi\u2019s early goal from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: Arsenal enter crisis mode as Arteta failings exposed again on \u2018big day\u2019 for Bottlepocalypse<\/strong><\/p>\n The result means second-placed Manchester City will draw level on points with the Gunners if they win their two games in hand and beat Mikel Arteta\u2019s side in a crunch clash next Sunday.<\/p>\n Arsenal have now lost three of their last four games in all competitions, with the 1-0 win over Sporting in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final following Carabao Cup final defeat to City and the humbling loss to Southampton in the FA Cup.<\/p>\n Martin Keown has hit out at the Gunners players for failing to pass to wonderkid Max Dowman<\/strong> when he was introduced in the second half and amid talk of bottling the title, Hargreaves claims the vast majority of the Arsenal players didn\u2019t \u201cplay properly\u201d and picked out three things that were \u201clacking\u201d against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n \u201cThey (Arsenal) didn\u2019t play confident,\u201d Hargreaves told Premier League Productions.<\/p>\n \u201cI was at the game and the crowd were super up for it at the beginning of the game, by the end of it they were not happy with what they saw.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only ones who played properly were Declan Rice and Gabriel, the rest of them got thoroughly outplayed.<\/p>\n \u201cBournemouth were brilliant by the way, they pressed the life out of Arsenal.<\/p>\n \u201cArsenal could not keep the ball for the life of them, kept going long, they\u2019d pass the ball back to the goalkeeper, I think it was 39 times in the game, David Raya had the second-most passes of an Arsenal player.<\/p>\n \u201cThey just really encouraged Bournemouth into that press and the press is probably one of the best in the Premier League but they just surprised Arsenal and they deserved to win the game.<\/p>\n MAILBOX: Arteta sack? OK, *now* Arsenal are \u2018bottling it\u2019 as rivals rejoice in sensational schadenfreude<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think the biggest problem is they\u2019ve been outplayed in three of the last four games \u2013 City in the Carabao Cup final, Southampton in the FA Cup, and then today.<\/p>\n \u201cThey had the win against Sporting but David Raya was one of their best players in that game and he made quite a few saves so there is a little bit of a trend there where they\u2019re being outplayed.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve worked so hard to get to this point but they have to finish the job. Today they lacked a little bit of courage, belief and a little bit of aggression in crucial moments, Bournemouth were more aggressive today.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Top ten biggest Premier League title bottlejobs: Where would 2025\/26 Arsenal vintage rank?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n