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Arsenal suffered a blow ahead of their Champions League showdown with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) as Evanilson fired Bournemouth to a 2-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

Arsenal took the lead through Declan Rice’s opener on his 100th appearance for the club.

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But Dean Huijsen equalised in the second half and Evanilson completed the comeback to give Bournemouth their first ever away win over Arsenal.

Beaten 1-0 by PSG in the Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday, Arsenal will need a much-improved performance in the second leg in Paris on Wednesday.

The second-placed Gunners also still require six points to guarantee Champions League qualification for next season via a top five finish in the Premier League.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted this week that it was “very painful” to watch Liverpool celebrate winning the Premier League title last weekend.

The Gunners finished as runners-up behind Manchester City for the last two seasons and the Champions League is their last hope of a trophy this term.

Arteta is still waiting to win the second trophy of his six-year Arsenal reign, with his last silverware coming in the 2020 FA Cup.

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Arsenal last reached the Champions League final in 2006 and have never won the tournament.

Aston Villa also recorded a 1-0 win against Fulham on Saturday.

Unai Emery’s side are back in the hunt to finish in the Premier League’s top five thanks to Youri Tielemans’ 12th-minute header at Villa Park.

Southampton wasted a chance to avoid a share of the lowest points total in Premier League history as Jamie Vardy’s 199th Leicester goal inspired a 2-0 win at the King Power Stadium.

Relegated Ipswich fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 in Everton’s penultimate match at Goodison Park.

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