Arsenal have extended their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions with a 2-1 victory at Bournemouth on Sunday that moved them within a point of the English Premier League's top four.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates scoring Arsenal's second goal against Bournemouth on Sunday.Credit:AP
The home team's record signing Jefferson Lerma, who cost £25 million ($44 million) in August, scored a spectacular own goal to give Arsenal the lead, but Norwegian international Josh King, back in the Bournemouth side after injury, equalised just before halftime.
That meant Unai Emery's team have still never led at the halfway stage of a league game since he joined in the close season.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slid in the Gunners' second goal in the 68th minute and their three-man back line held out, although Lerma hit a post.
Arsenal can make up ground on their big local rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who are still three points ahead of them, by winning the north London derby next weekend.
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