Premier League | Arsenal overcomes Everton with Trossard goal, Chelsea misfires in 0-0 draw at Bournemouth

Arsenal's 1-0 win at Everton, Chelsea's 0-0 draw at Bournemouth, and Tottenham's depleted squad's effort to score highlight a week of Premier League action. Arsenal's Leandro Trossard sealed the three points with a classy 69th-minute shot, while Chelsea twice had shots strike the frame of the goal. Tottenham's Raheem Sterling's free kick bounced off the bar, but was ruled offside. Despite the efforts, Chelsea is 14th in the standings, two places below last season.

It wasn't pretty or exciting on Sunday but Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Everton was just the kind of game that Premier League title challenges can be built on.

A classy 69th-minute shot by substitute Leandro Trossard sealed the three points and lifted the level of quality against a limited Everton team playing spoiler at home.

A third straight 1-0 loss for Everton at Goodison Park this season suggested its prospective new American owners would be taking on a rather distressed asset on the field.

Arsenal was the only team in action Sunday to score, after Chelsea misfired in a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth.

Trossard entered the game unexpectedly early when Gabriel Martinelli was injured within a minute of play restarting after he thought he had given Arsenal the lead in the 19th. It was ruled out by an offside spotted on video review.

The victory kept Arsenal level with Tottenham and Liverpool, trailing two points behind defending champion Manchester City at the top of the standings.

It was Everton’s first game since the club announced majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri agreed a sale to Miami-based 777 Partners. 777 has stakes in multiple clubs worldwide including Hertha Berlin which, like Everton, was in decline on the field when a majority stake was taken in March. Hertha was relegated and is now in the Bundesliga second tier.