{"id":81138,"date":"2026-01-04T08:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81138"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:37:27","slug":"arteta-hails-arsenals-growth-after-gritty-3-2-win-over-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/04\/arteta-hails-arsenals-growth-after-gritty-3-2-win-over-bournemouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteta Hails Arsenal\u2019s Growth After Gritty 3-2 Win Over Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has praised his side\u2019s resilience after a hard-fought 3-2 comeback victory over Bournemouth, describing it as further evidence of the team\u2019s growth in their Premier League title push.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners recovered from an early setback after Gabriel Magalhaes\u2019 error led to Bournemouth\u2019s opener. The Brazilian defender quickly made amends, scoring the equaliser moments later.<\/p>\n<p>Declan Rice then proved decisive in the second half, netting twice to put Arsenal in control before a late strike from Eli Kroupi reduced the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta said the response to adversity showed the character within the squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are a very good team, and we made it harder by conceding first, but I love the character of this team,\u201d he said. \u201cThe way Gabriel reacted says a lot about how much we\u2019ve grown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rice\u2019s display was particularly notable, having been a major injury doubt after missing the previous league game with knee swelling. The England midfielder started and delivered his first Premier League brace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe pushed himself to the limit, and the team were rewarded,\u201d Arteta added.<\/p>\n<p>The win keeps Arsenal firmly in the title race as they continue their bid to end a long wait for the league crown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has praised his side\u2019s resilience after a hard-fought 3-2 comeback victory over Bournemouth, describing it as further evidence of the team\u2019s growth in their Premier League title push. The Gunners recovered from an early setback after Gabriel Magalhaes\u2019 error led to Bournemouth\u2019s opener. The Brazilian defender quickly made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81140,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81138\/revisions\/81140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}