LONDON: Arsenal beat Bournemouth 3-2 to maintain their command of the Premier League while, at the other end of the table, bottom club Wolves finally getting their first league win of the season at the 20th attempt.

Mikel Arteta’s side went a goal behind before Gabriel Magalhaes equalised and midfielder Declan Rice added two second-half strikes. However, Eli Kroupi’s 76th-minute goal for Bournemouth to make it 3-2 had the Arsenal coach’s nerves jangling all the way to the final whistle.

Aston Villa, who lost 4-1 to Arsenal in their previous game, are six points behind after a 3-1 home win over Nottingham Forest in the day’s early kick-off. Villa bounced back in style from their defeat by Arsenal, with Ollie Watkins netting his fourth goal in three games and John McGinn chipping in with a brace to maintain their title challenge.

The most joyous scenes of the day were to be found at Molineux, where Wolves, who collected a mere three points from their first 19 games of the league season, doubled that tally with a resounding 3-0 thrashing of fellow strugglers West Ham United on Saturday, with all three goals coming in the first half.

The home crowd celebrated wildly as their side finally ended a winless streak of 23 league games since beating Leicester on April 26, with Jhon Arias, Hwang Hee-chan and 18-year-old Mateus Mane getting on the scoresheet.

West Ham slipped to 18th on 14 points, with little to suggest they have what it takes to survive in the Premier League.

The only silver lining for the Londoners came in the shape of a 2-0 defeat for 19th-placed Burnley at the hands of Brighton.