Aubameyang is the joint top-scorer of the Premier League so far with eight goals. (Reuters Photo) HIGHLIGHTS In Arsenal 2-1 win at Bournemouth, two goals were scored by the hosts Arsenal are just a point behind fourth-placed Chelsea in the league table Huddersfield flew from the bottom of the table to 14th with win over Wolves Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the only goal of the second half to help Arsenal bring up a 2-1 victory at Bournemouth in Premier League and go within just one point from the league's top four.
Arsenal have now extended their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions and will prepare for next week's north London derby against Tottenham Hotspur with a hope of breaking into top four.
The game got going in a spectacular fashion when Bournemouth's record signing Jefferson Lerma, who cost 25 million pounds in August, scored a breathtaking own goal to hand Arsenal the lead in the match. However, Norwegian international Josh King, back for the home team after injury, equalised just before halftime.
That meant Unai Emery's team have still not 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.
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They felt unfortunate in having an early effort by David Brooks controversially disallowed for offside, but tended to cause their own problems by losing possession too easily.
Arsenal's Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Torreira took advantage following the Brooks incident and shot against a post.
Soon afterwards, however, the ball was lost again and there was no reprieve as Lerma volleyed a cutback from Sead Kolasinac into his own net.
It was a turnaround in fortunes for the Colombia international, who scored his first goal for the club in the previous game at Newcastle United.
Arsenal were denied a rare halftime lead when Callum Wilson and Brooks broke to feed King for a fine finish.
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Another mistake by Lerma gave Aubameyang a good chance but he shot carelessly high, before scoring his eighth league goal of the season following a short free kick. Alex Iwobi fed Kolasinac for another assist from the left flank.
"We knew it would be a tough game," Aubameyang said. "We spoke at halftime and knew we had to come back with intensity and aggression."
Emery, who went down the tunnel clenching his fists in delight, emphasised how important it was not to lose touch with the top four after the three successive draws that had preceded Sunday's game.
"It was very important to win and stay near Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool. I think Manchester City are very big," he said.
"Next week we are playing at home to Tottenham who have three points more than us.
"First we are playing in the Europa League on Thursday and we want to finish first, but Sunday is a very big match for us."
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AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) November 25, 2018 Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe felt his players were to blame for the winning goal because of a lack of concentration.
"I was disappointed because we seemed to just switch off as a team," he said.
HUDDERSFIELD OFF THE BOTTOM AFTER MOOY BRACE AT WOLVES
Huddersfield Town shot up six places from the bottom of the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers thanks to Aaron Mooy's double on Sunday.
The Terriers had more bite than the toothless Wolves, who suffered a fourth defeat in five games and remained 11th.
Australian Mooy scored his first two goals of the season.
His first, in the sixth minute, was perfectly placed from the edge of the penalty area. The second in the 74th came directly from an equally precise low free kick.
Wolves, having struggled to get into the game, improved after making a double substitution at the break but the closest they came to a goal was when Mexican Raul Jimenez had a header hooked off the line by Philip Billing.
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Huddersfield Town (@htafcdotcom) November 25, 2018 "When you get into a bad patch, it feels like it's never going to end," said Mooy, who was outstanding in midfield. "Now it's two wins and a draw and we need to keep riding the train."
Billing added: "We showed how good we can be when everyone's at it."
Huddersfield's German manager David Wagner said the gameplan had been to dominate the ball and not allow Wolves to play.
"We wanted to beat them with their own weapon," he said.
"But it's all about the players, not the gameplan. Their spirit and aggression were great.
"We know we're not as poor as everybody thinks we are."
His opposite number, Nuno Espirito Santo, felt it was probably his team's worst display since he joined the club in 2017, leading them to promotion last season.
"A very bad performance," he said. "Too many mistakes. We have to take a good look, find out why and prepare better.
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"We know that happiness doesn't last forever but this is how you show your character, bouncing back from these moments."
The early goal was deserved reward for Huddersfield's bright start. It came from a sharp move down the left with Billing setting German Erik Durm free to cross for Mooy, who controlled his shot perfectly to find the bottom corner of the net.
Wolves sent on teenager Morgan Gibbs-White and forward Adama Traore at halftime but a recovery was denied by the thinnest margin when goal-line technology confirmed Billing's acrobatic clearance had just managed to keep out Jimenez's header.
Mooy's free kick for his second goal meant it was the first time Town had scored more than once in a match since beating West Bromwich Albion 2-1 away in February.
They will go down one place after Burnley (16th) play at home to Newcastle United (15th) on Monday but, after failing to win in the first 10 games of the season, Wagner and his players will take great heart from seven points in their last three.
(With Reuters inputs)
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