Cherries star plays a blinder to help out Peaky fan Emery

UNAI EMERY is watching Peaky Blinders to relax and learn about British culture.

Next on his boxset list should be Fawlty Towers to fully comprehend this comedy of errors on the south coast which featured a bizarre own goal and some slapstick defending.

It even had a rerun of the Arsenal side of last season as the Gunners conceded a sloppy goal on the counter-attack.

But if this was not a vintage Arsenal performance, Emery’s rejigged side still extended their unbeaten run to 17 matches to climb within a point of Chelsea.

Alexandre Lacazette was out injured, while Mesut Ozil was kept on the bench for the full 90 minutes.

But with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joining Sergio Aguero as the Premier League’s top scorer, Arsenal’s bid for a Champions League place is getting serious.

Clinic

Emery switched to a back three – and gave a coaching clinic to his defence from the touchline throughout the opening stages.

David Brooks sprang the offside trap early on but his strike was wrongly ruled out before Lucas Torreira hit the post.

It needed something special to break the deadlock and Jefferson Lerma was the man.

Unfortunately for the Colombian, his volley past Asmir B e g o v i c immediately enters high in the charts for best Premier League own goals. Sead Kolasinac provided the cross.

Bournemouth equalised in first-half stoppage time after a fine counterattack which showed the new Arsenal have not shed all their old habits.

After a Gunners attack broke down in the Cherries box, the home side moved the ball without a challenge to allow Josh King to curl home. The defending was as insipid as the light turquoise in their