Premier League: clutch moments

Bournemouth beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates on Saturday, handing Mikel Arteta’s side a damaging home defeat with six league matches left. (espn.com) Junior Kroupi put Bournemouth ahead after 17 minutes, Viktor Gyokeres equalized from the penalty spot after Ryan Christie handled, and Alex Scott scored the winner in the 74th minute. Arsenal finished with one shot on target in the first half and were booed at full time. (espn.com) The result left Arsenal vulnerable in the title race before next Sunday’s meeting with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. ESPN reported Arsenal had led City by nine points before City’s weekend match, turning this loss into a direct swing game. (espn.com) Bournemouth had already beaten Arsenal earlier in this recent run, winning 2-0 at Vitality Stadium on October 19, 2024, after William Saliba’s red card changed the match. That victory was only Bournemouth’s second Premier League win over Arsenal at the time. (premierleague.com) Saturday’s wider Premier League picture carried the same late-season edge. Liverpool beat Fulham 2-0 at Anfield with first-half goals from Rio Ngumoha and Mohamed Salah, ending a run of three away defeats and giving Arne Slot’s side a lift before a Champions League meeting with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. (liverpoolfc.com) Ngumoha, Liverpool’s No. 73, scored with a curling finish and then set up Salah four minutes later with a dribble and cross. Liverpool said the 17-year-old opened his Anfield account competitively in the win. (liverpoolfc.com) Ngumoha is one of the youngest names now surfacing in these run-in moments. Liverpool list him as born on August 28, 2008 and say he became the club’s youngest scorer ever when he struck on his Premier League debut at Newcastle in August 2025. (liverpoolfc.com) The Premier League’s player page credits Ngumoha with 13 league appearances and one goal this season, underlining how early he is in his senior career. (premierleague.com) Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has been another key figure in this stretch, but for Everton rather than Brentford. The Premier League’s December profile on him said he joined Everton in summer 2025 from Chelsea for a reported £28 million and had become a central piece in David Moyes’s side. (premierleague.com) Matchweek 32 now rolls into Sunday and Monday with Arsenal already having slipped, Liverpool having banked three points, and City still to play Chelsea before facing Arsenal next weekend. In a season decided by narrow margins, Bournemouth’s win landed first and hit hardest. (premierleague.com)