The big story: Arsenal steal point after Olivier Giroud’s late equaliser

Arsenal came back from a three-goal deficit to draw 3-3 and steal a point with a last-gasp goal in a thriller against Bournemouth on Tuesday night at the Vitality Stadium.

From being 0-3 after 58 minutes, Alexis Sanchez, Lucas Perez and Olivier Giroud found the net in the last 20 minutes of the game to bring the game level to 3-3.

Bournemouth were up 2-0 inside 20 minutes. Charlie Daniels opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Callum Wilson doubled the lead after converting a penalty four minutes later. They added a third before the hour-mark as Ryan Fraser found the back of the net.

A late surge by the visitors, saw Bournemouth pushed onto the back foot. Sanchez opened the account for Arsenal in the 70th minute. The goal seemed to have galvanised the team. Perez added the second five minutes later to make it 3-2.

Bournemouth were further pegged back after Simon Francis was sent off eight minutes from time. Arsenal made the one-man advantage count as Olivier Giroud scored deep into stoppage time to clinch an improbable draw.

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