‘Accident waiting to happen’

Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenalrsquos shock 02 defeat at Bournemouth was an ldquoaccident waiting to happenrdquo as William Salibarsquos red card condemned them to a first Premier League loss since AprilArtetarsquos titlechasing side played for an hour with 10 men after French defender Saliba was dismissed for a professional foul on EvanilsonRef cracks whipReferee Rob Jones initially showed Saliba a yellow card but the punishment was upgraded to a red after VAR intervened It was the third time Arsenal had a player sent off in the league this season after Declan Rice saw red against Brighton and Leandro Trossard was dismissed at Manchester City Arteta conceded the disciplinary problems were making it harder to win with Arsenal taking just two points from the three games played with 10 menldquoItrsquos very difficult to win in the Premier League with 10 men for 60 minutes Itrsquos just an accident waiting to happen We have had to go through it in three games and that cost us the gamerdquo he saidldquoWe had the big chance and the moment in the game to score and have a different result and then we conceded a goal We try to stick to the rules The three red cards have been different ones and three very different outcomesrdquoMikel ArtetaBeaten in the league for the first time since Aston Villarsquos 20 victory at the Emirates Stadium last season Arsenalrsquos loss cost them the chance to go above Liverpool at the top of the tableArteta acknowledged his thirdplaced team were below their best for long periods at the Vitality Stadium ldquoThe team tried the effort with 10 men was fantastic but today it was not enough to win the gamerdquo he saidAlso Read lsquoPSG are really aggressiversquoldquoIt took us a while to understand what we had do in the first 15 minutes then we grabbed the game but after 30 minutes the game changedrdquoArsenal midfielder Rice was even more honest in his assessment of the lethargic performanceTrossardrsquos wayward pass was the trigger for Salibarsquos dismissal as the centreback was forced to make a panicked tug on Evanilson It was a careless mistake by Trossard and Rice said Arsenal must stamp out that kind of blunder if they want to mount another title challengeRice proud of playersldquoWersquove kicked ourselves in the foot three times in eight games and we got away with it at home to Brighton and away at Manchester City Bournemouth kept probing and made it 20rdquo Rice saidldquoIrsquom proud of the players for fighting even with 10 men but the naivety we need to stop making mistakes because you want 11 players for 90 minutes and thatrsquos what wins you football matchesrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever