Former England international Lampard picked up the first win of his second stint in charge of the Blues at Vitality Stadium, with goals from Conor Gallagher, Benoit Badiashile and Joao Felix ending a run of six defeats for Chelsea.
After Matias Vina’s 20th minute equaliser the game proved to be quite even, with both sides having to wait later into the game for their chances.
Dango Ouattara headed over from close range 11 minutes before the final whistle, whilst Chelsea were more clinical from their chances.
Badiashille bundled home a free-kick on 82 minutes, before Felix made sure of the result minutes later.
Reflecting on his side ending their losing streak,
Frank Lampard began: “I think the Arsenal first half wasn’t good enough. I said that, no point in harping on about that. The second half, reaction was better. So in the days between games, we can’t work much, but we can talk and have meetings and talk to players individually. And (beating Bournemouth) was a nice small step forward. I think we controlled a lot of the game. Bournemouth will always give you some problems here, they’re a good team, top end of the pitch playing through quickly, got a lot of energy in their team. Set pieces are dangerous, so you never feel safe at 1-1. But I think we controlled it a lot and maybe a little bit of a sign of us controlling the first half without the killer instinct, like we’re running inside their box a lot. In the first half we had a lot of overloads on the side of the pitch. And as this team develops or as we add to the squad, I think you have to be more killers at the top end of the pitch. You do look at the top half of the table. That’s what you’ll see all across it. At the moment, we haven’t got that, but you saw nice individual performances today in a positive direction.”
