Mikel Arteta: The Arsenal coach is deeply disappointed by errors as their unbeaten streak concludes at Bournemouth.

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In a disappointing turn of events for Arsenal, manager Mikel Arteta has lamented his side’s 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth, attributing the loss to “two big errors” that proved costly.

The Gunners suffered their first league defeat of the season after William Saliba was shown a red card just half an hour into the match for a foul on Bournemouth striker Evanilson, who was bearing down on goal. Despite being a man down, Arsenal managed to hold their ground until the 70th minute, when Ryan Christie broke the deadlock for the Cherries. Shortly after, a foul by David Raya on Evanilson in the penalty area allowed Justin Kluivert to double Bournemouth’s lead from the spot.

Reflecting on the match, Arteta expressed his disappointment, particularly with the manner in which his team conceded the game. “We are very disappointed with the result and gutted because we had to play in that context with 10 players again,” he stated in his post-match press conference. “It’s an accident waiting to happen not to get the points in this context. I cannot fault the team for the way they approached it. Tonight we made two big errors that cost the game.”

Saliba’s red card marked Arsenal’s third dismissal of the season, a stark contrast to the entirety of the previous campaign, where they managed to avoid such disciplinary issues. Arteta acknowledged the need to curb this trend but described Saliba’s sending off as “unpredictable.”

“There are things that we have discussed in relation to certain topics,” he explained. “What happens today is almost unpredictable. Very difficult to plan it. We need to play with 11 versus 11 if we want to win at this level.”

When pressed on whether Arsenal could have performed better despite Saliba’s absence, Arteta remained pragmatic. “I don’t know what more we can do. When you play away from home in this league, what we’ve done with 10 is quite remarkable.”

Midfielder Declan Rice, however, remained defiant in the face of defeat, insisting that the squad would regroup and bounce back. “I could say a million things,” he said. “But I’m proud of the players. Going down to 10 men was not ideal; we knew that as a group of players.”

Rice continued, “We’ve just said in there (the dressing room) that’s three times in eight games that we’ve let our standards slip, and if you want to compete at the top, you cannot let that happen. But again, the reaction we showed to that and the belief, even on the pitch at half-time, that we could go and win the game and the chances that we had. I’m proud of these boys and the mentality that these boys and the club show. We’ll keep pushing, we’ll keep fighting on; I think that’s the most important thing.”

Arsenal will look to bounce back as they prepare for their next fixture in the UEFA Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday night, a match that will be broadcast live on TNT Sports.