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The Cherries were in cruise control after an hour.

But goals from Alexis Sanchez, Lucas Perez and Olivier Giroud helped Arsenal secure a point.

Speaking after the game, Wenger said: "They started much faster and with 20 minutes to go we were 3-0 down so that’s a mental test.

"We refused to lose the game.

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"Bournemouth deserve a lot of credit but the disadvantage is too big to play against a team with three and a half days recovery. That’s too big a handicap.

"But they are a good team with quality and they played with pace.

"We had some players at half time who had problems.

"I changed it early in the second half and I believe we refused to lose.

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"There’s a great resilience in the team and we saw that today.

"We dropped two points but we have to do better in the other games and hope other teams will drop points.

"It was not a result we wanted before the game but at 3-0 down we’d have signed for 3-3.

"We were unlucky in some decisions tonight."