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‘They will be champions!’ – Arsenal’s last-minute comeback winner worthy of the Premier League title
Arsenal's comeback against Bournemouth has left talkSPORT's commentators convinced the Gunners will win the Premier League.
The Gunners went 1-0 down after just nine seconds as Cherries star Philip Billing netted from the visitors' kick off to mark the second quickest goal in Premier League history.
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The Gunners' hopes of restoring their five point gap following Manchester City's 2-0 win over Newcastle in the early kick-off then looked to be slipping even further away, as Marcos Senesi scored a free header in the second half.
But rather than dropping their heads in disbelief at being carved open by a side battling Premier League relegation, the Gunners sparked into life and completed a comeback worthy of the title.
First Thomas Partey and then Ben White scored to bring the north Londoners level at 2-2.
And as the referee was keeping more and more of a close eye on his watch as the game ticked into the 97th minute, Arsenal won a corner.
Martin Odegaard sent it in, leaving Oleksandr Zinchenko to line up a shot for Nelson who was waiting on the edge of the box.
And what happened next nearly knocked talkSPORT's commentators Ian Danter and Alvin Martin off their chairs in the Emirates press box.
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With his voice already hoarse from the rest of the game's dramatics, Danter described the build up.
"In it comes, left-footed in-swinger," he said, "It's gone out to the edge of the box, Nelson brings it down, shoots..."
It was at that point those listening could no longer hear Danter, as Nelson's shot flew perfectly past Bournemouth's defence and into the net to score the winner, sending the Emirates into complete chaos.
Sounding even more hoarse, West Ham legend Martin chimed in once the noise had dialled down ever so slightly and exclaimed: "Arsenal are going to be champions!
"They are! After what I've seen today. Every emotion we've been through here, the crowd have been absolutely brilliant.
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"They've stuck with their team and their team have delivered right a the final moment. Unbelievable!"
The noise from the stands was deafening as supporters went berserk, with grown men topless and swinging their t-shirts above their head and all Gunners standing with their arms passionately outstretched into the air.
"We are top of the league," rung around the Emirates as the Arsenal staff and Mikel Arteta ran on the pitch as the final whistle blew.
Nelson rightly soaked up the love from the crowd, as the Gunners took in restoring their lead over Man City to five points.
"Football is amazing, football is brilliant," Danter said, "The scarves are up in red and white and the players look in disbelief at what they've done."
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