Playing without Odegaard and Bukayo Saka has clearly affected Arsenal's performance but I think it only has an impact on their creativity, while their defensive line should be fine. What made Arsenal lose was that they had to play with 10 men from the early minutes, and the red card was enough to affect their composure, so when Bournemouth succeeded in breaking down the deadlock, this actually made Arsenal even more shaky, so that instead of equalizing, they conceded the second goal.
That's right. This is Arsenal's weakness this season, and it must also be admitted that this is what differentiates Arsenal and Man City. If Man City has many players who can be substitutes if there are several players who are injured or whose performance declines. While Arsenal has very few who can be used as substitute players.
For example, when Odegaard is injured, he can be replaced by Bukayo Saka because he is also quite good as a playmaker and captain, but when both players are injured, no one can fill the void, and that was evident in yesterday's match, plus the player who got a red card. No wonder Arsenal lost against Bournemouth, I have to be honest and say that I lost the bet on this match and it hurts a lot. On the other hand, what Arsenal fears most is when Kai or Martinelli gets injured if that happens later, I doubt Arsenal can compete with Man City and Liverpool this season. Arteta's next test is against Liverpool, we know Liverpool are currently on fire, most likely Arsenal will lose points again next week.