Despite William Saliba's red card, Mikel Arteta maintains that Arsenal must take responsibility for their loss to Bournemouth.

Mikel Arteta underlined that his team must take responsibility for the 2-0 loss on the south coast and stated that Arsenal has no intention of appealing William Saliba's red card against Bournemouth.

At the Vitality Stadium, goals in the dying minutes from Ryan Christie and a penalty from fellow substitute Justin Kluivert condemned the 10-man Gunners to their first Premier League loss of the year.

Following Saliba's third red card of the season for Arsenal for a last-man foul on Evanilson in the first half, which Robert Jones first called a yellow card offence, came the goals.

After being told to proceed to the pitchside monitor by VAR Jarred Gillett, the referee upgraded his call to a red, however Arteta did not contest the call following the game.

Rather, he placed the blame on the mistakes that preceded the incident, namely the one-on-one miss by Gabriel Martinelli just before Bournemouth's first goal in the second half and Leandro Trossard's mishandled pass that put teammate Saliba in danger.

"We are obviously very disappointed with the result and gutted because we have to play again in that context," he stated. "Compared to the first two times we encountered this season, this time was significantly more challenging.

"It is just not possible to play at this level for 65 or 68 minutes with 10 men. Not to gain points, but rather as an accident waiting to happen. I can't find anything wrong with the team's effort, dedication, or intelligence in playing the way we must.

"Obviously, there's a crucial moment at 0-0 when we have a big opening, going one on one with the keeper. We score at the other end, but we are unable to score ourselves. We must hold ourselves accountable.

"Mistakes are a part of playing football. Unfortunately, we made two major mistakes tonight that cost us the game."

Saliba commented, "It's a split of a second decision you have to make," in response to Evanilson's removal.

"The forward is lying on his back. It goes without saying that he doesn't anticipate the ball to suddenly come his way. He simply made a choice, nothing more."

When asked if the team intended to file an appeal, Arteta said, "That decision was altered, and it won't change again. Thus, a choice was made.

"We have to accept it, move on and have that pain that we are feeling at the moment for Tuesday [against Shakhtar Donetsk]."

Bukayo Saka was sidelined for Arsenal's match due to injury, but Arteta made no excuses. "Once more, it's all about using the discomfort we are experiencing right now for Tuesday.

That is the most effective method. Take no pride in the fact that it occurred three more times in eight matches.

"One of our finest players and our captain are not with us. And that's it. That will not lead us in any direction."

Rice laments the 'naivety' of Arsenal

Declan Rice, an Arsenal midfielder, was irritated that his team lost to Bournemouth due to further "silly mistakes".

Arsenal has had a player sent off in the Premier League for the third time this season; this is a first for the team in the first eight games in thirteen years.

When Rice and Trossard were sent off against Brighton and Man City, respectively, Arsenal had managed to escape with a point; but, they were unable to hold on against Bournemouth.

He said to Sky Sports, "We've now kicked ourselves in the foot three times in eight games."

"Luck doesn't always go your way, but we've gotten away with it twice—at home against Brighton and away against Man City.

"I'm proud of us for never giving up on our beliefs and battle. Even with ten men, I thought we played quite well.

The foolishness of it is that we must cease making errors. To win football matches, we need 11 players for ninety minutes. Football matches are won by doing it.

"We demonstrated a great deal of character and personality with ten men.

"Apart from the realisation that we cannot continue to make careless errors, there are no regrets tonight. When you are down to 10 men, you always need your best players on the pitch. When you give them a red card, it makes it much harder for the other players to recover.

"The group's level of belief is still very high. We'll remain unified."