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Gosling stuns Coventry as Bournemouth win 1-3 away

Match Report Coventry City 1 v 3 AFCB 2 October 2020

Dan Gosling finishes off Coventry City with a wonder strike

The Cherries sit proudly on top of the Championship after this result. They started extremely well with Jefferson Lerma picking his spot in seven minutes after a quick move down the left cut Coventry open. Coventry improved though with a few testing shots for Begovic before Lewis Cook went charging in on Ben Sheaf and gave a penalty away that Goodard scored six minutes from half-time. Dan Gosling then took the game away from Coventry with a side-footed finish in the box just six minutes into the second half. Gosling then pinged a superb strike in from 30-yards on the hour to make it 1-3. Matters got even worse for Coventry when Gustavo Hamer was red-carded with 22 minutes to go. Jason Tindall will hope this momentum can be continued after the international break.

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Bournemouth made a couple of changes with Sam Surridge making his first start and Dan Gosling coming into the starting eleven for Arnaut Danjuma and Philip Billing. David Brooks returned to the bench as well, but Danjuma had a minor calf injury, while Josh King was left out because of a migraine, adding more speculation that he has played his last game for AFCB. There were only six players on the bench.

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Match Description
AFCB make a sharp start. Sam Surridge is quick to pinch possession. Bournemouth are dominating play but the ball seems to be out of play a lot. Still, Bournemouth are keeping the ball moving well.

Coventry are doing all the chasing. Solanke gets in behind but can't beat the last man. Ball back to Lerma and he fizzes it right in the corner on seven minutes. There was a lovely backheel by Gosling in the buildup and a well-weighted slid pass from Solanke before Lerma buried it with power. 

Stacey does some good cleaning up at the back. Adam Smith is brought down. Lerma is then fouled. Some neat play by Lewis Cook. Stacey has to do some covering to stop Giles from getting a cross in. 

The game has dropped off a bit since the start. Coventry are getting more of a foot in. Hamer has a shot from distance and Begovic saves to his right. The shot came from nowhere. Coventry's corner is headed away by Solanke.
Stacey crosses from the right. Adam Smith goes for a diving header, Gosling on the line can't get a touch and Surridge is there but doesn't head powerfully enough. It's cleared - a let-off for Coventry.

Hamer has another go from distance, but it's too high. Coventry are getting forward now. Solanke breaks but only shoots against Hamer. Gosling took a nasty tackle and Østigard, is booked. Rico fouls.

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Solanke runs into Hamer and it's a foul. Lerma makes a good interception in Bournemouth's box. Surridge is offside. Surridge and Solanke are starting to link well.

Mepham crosses and gets a corner. Surridge's header is gathered by the keeper. Solanke on the turn forces a save from outside the box on 34 minutes.
Ball through, over the top Surridge heads on to Salanke who rounds the keeper and Hyam has to get his body between the ball and the goal, corner to Bournemouth.
Giles on the left through to O'Hare who curls it passed Steve Cook, but it's off the bottom of the post for a goal kick.

Lewis Cook has made a poor challenge on Ben Sheaf and it's a penalty to Coventry on 39 minutes. Matt Godden makes it 1-1 from the spot. Begovic went the wrong way.

Lewis Cook to Gosling and the shot has been blocked by Solanke. Bournemouth have a free kick. Adam Smith tackles Dabo well. Lerma wins a free kick. Gosling is fouled by Østigard. Good position just outside the box and central. Rico and Lewis Cook stand over it and Rico hots the wall. Two minutes of added time.
AFCB 58% possession, 10 shots, 6 shots on target. 2 corners, 8 foulsCoventry City 42% possession, 4 shots, 2 shots on target, 1 corner, 8 fouls
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Second halfRose has replaced Østigard and Shipley has come off for Allen at half-time. Stacey gets a cross in and Adam Smith's header is picked up by the keeper. Lerma plays a great ball for Stacey and Gosling's shot is over. Poor finish from Gosling.
Rico fouls Dabo. Lewis Cook to Stacey, off Solanke and Gosling has slipped in Bournemouth's second on 51 minutes. A defender on the line couldn't get back. 1-2 to Bournemouth.
Stacey wins a corner. There will be another corner. Lots of headers and Surrdige puts a powerful header in and the keeper just stretches enough to keep it out. Steve Cook heads wide from the corner.
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Mepham plays it up for Surridge and Surridge is unlucky to be pulled up for that looked like a shoulder barge.  Rico wins the ball. Gosling has turned and blitzes the goal, that was pinged into the net from 30 yards! 1-3 Superb strike, majestic.
Lerma fouls. Surrdige cuts inside and hist a shot that is saved at the near post. Mepham takes a knock. Adam Smith is carded for taking down Dabo. Hamer has been sent off for raising his hands on Steve Cook! Steve Cook is also yellow carded for a push. The free kick is headed on, Callum O'Hare hits the side netting.

Bournemouth are playing the possession game now and working the ball. O'Hare is pushed over by Gosling who is carded. Rico goes in hard on O'Hare.

Billing is on for Lewis Cook on 77 minutes.  Solanke almost rushes the keeper. The game is playing out fairly quietly now after all the niggly stuff earlier this half.
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Simpson relaces Rico on 83 minutes. Simpson puts a cross in that s cut out for a corner. Coventry substitute Giles for Sam McCallum on 87 minutes.

Simspon's cross is palmed away. Ofoborh replaces Gosling on 91 minutes. It's Ofoborh's first league appearance. Four added minutes.

SummaryBournemouth fired themselves to the top of the table tonight and yet there is still more to come form the team. The strikes from Lerma and Gosling were precise and the whole team passed the ball well. There were some feisty moments to the match, but the Bournemouth players managed to keep their heads.  For an away performance it was a well-controlled game for Bournemouth even if they did let it slip at the end of the first half. There was a good attitude and players didn't want the three points to escape them. On to the next one.
AFCB line up AFCB Subs: Travers, Simpson, Ofoborh, Billing, Brooks, Anthony
AFCB RatingsBegivic 6, Mepham 6, S Cook 5, Rico 5,  Stacey 6, A Smith 6, Gosling 8, Lerma 7, L Cook 6, Surridge 6, Solanke 6

Coventry City
1 Marosi, 2 Østigard (Rose 45), 5 McFadzean, 15 Hyam, 23 Dabo, 38 Hamer (Red card 68), 14 Sheaf, 18 Giles (McCallum 87),  26 Shipley (Allen 45), 11 O'Hare, 24 Godden

Coventry Subs
4 Rose, 6 Kelly, 8 Allen, 19 Walker, 20 Bakayoko, 21 McCallum, 31 Billson
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Bournemouth look to keep their undefeated record going away at Coventry

Bournemouth goes to St Andrews looking to keep their unbeaten record. Coventry City have had a mediocre start to their season with a defeat, a win and a draw. Their last home match was a particularly close affair with QPR, as Coventry gave a penalty away before coming back strongly to win 3-2. A nil-nil scoreline against Barnsely though shows that Coventry can be tough in defence.

AFCB look to keep their unbeaten record under the watchful eye of SKY TV coverage tonight
Coventry have scored four goals from their first three games and Matt Godden is their lead scorer with two goals. That is pretty much average for the Championship, but they have conceded four goals as well. Set-pieces will be an area he Bournemouth have to look out for Kyle McFadzean who scored the headed winner in the QPR match from a corner.
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Mark Robins will want his side to compete against a team that was two divisions above them last season. It may make his team play cautiously and not push as many players forward in the press as they usually do, but Bournemouth have to take on such challenges and find ways of breaking these teams down. The Sky coverage and evening timing should get the adrenaline going and of course some of Bournemouth's players will have good memories about St Andrews from playing Birmingham there some six years ago in that big 0-8 win.

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The Cherries will look to keep their attacking game going. While Danjuma has been a big hit it looks like JT may have to play Adam Smith again in an advanced role on the left side and Jack Stacey as a wing-back on the right side. Bournemouth do look short of wingers with Stanislas, Brooks and King having only made brief appearances this season But of course, we could see Rodrigo Riquelme making an appearance from the bench, if things go well for AFCB.

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Possible AFCB line up AFCB Subs: Travers, Simpson, Gosling, Ofoborh, Riquelme, King, Surridge

Can AFCB hold on to Welsh winger and Norwegian striker?

The Transfer window will soon slam shut and Bournemouth fans might be fearful of what the next few days hold in terms of departures. If the club can hold on to David Brooks and/or Josh King I expect most fans would be reasonably pleased, but it looks like Josh King''s wages make him more likely to depart as long as a reasonable bid is offered for him.

Keeping hold of top-earners just isn't going to be palatable for AFCB, Josh King is expected to make an exit
It is surprising that bids have not been flooding in for Josh King. I think he is one of the more complete strikers that is currently round. He has good international experience as well as the Premier League, so I can only imagine it is his wages that are frightening clubs from coming in for him so far. Bournemouth's valuation has apparently been sliding down towards £10m as they seek to offload high earners, but without much evidence of looking to replace him with another striker.

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For the future, it is clear that the likes of David Brooks and Lloyd Kelly are more sensible for Bournemouth to try and hold onto. It is the youthful players that the Cherries should be putting premium prices on, and if they can avoid selling wether of these two they will have done well. I don't subscribe to sell and then have a player on loan for the season, as it doesn't help the club build for the future if we know players are not going to be part of it going forward.

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With the exception of Aaron Ramsdale, all of the sales Bournemouth have made so far can be bracketed in the older players and high-wage earners' area. So for the most part, I don't see any problem with the players that have moved on. But losing David Brooks would be a blow and even losing Josh King is going to make things more difficult if Bournemouth don't bring in another striker before the window closes.

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Bournemouth's first summer signing expected to come from Spain

Rodrigo Riquelme, 20, of Atletico Madrid is expected to be Bournemouth's first summer signing, according to reports from
AFCB look to line up a signing or two before the window shuts
Jason Tindall has promised he wants two or three signings and there may well be news of more movements in the market before the window shuts in a few day's time. It is refreshing to speak about a new signing, but arguably Bournemouth are more in need of another central defender and striker than a winger. AdvertisementThe Disrupted Season (2019-20) completes the story of Eddie Howe's reign at AFC Bournemouth 
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The signing of winger may mean that Josh King or David Brooks could be on their way, but the Manchester Evening News is now reporting that there is a change in stance on David Brooks and that Man Utd won't make a bid for the Welsh international in this window.

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I don't believe that Bournemouth has found it at all easy to do deals this window, and they are probably at least a couple or more players down on what they had hoped to bring in. There is still time to salvage the situation, but some of the targeted signings have certainly escaped. The worry is that Bournemouth could be hit with two or three bids that come in for their remaining star players in the last 24 hours of the window. That could radically change the chances for AFCB mounting a promotion bid this season. 

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Danjuma is the perfect false striker for AFCB

Danjuma will soon find he is marked harder than any other Bournemouth player.

The goals keep coming for Arnold Danjuma and Jason Tindall must be marvelling at the Dutchman's pace and striking ability that has seen him move in from the wing to the second striker position. Danjuma seems to be liking his free role and by being able to go at defences on either foot he has rapidly become Bournemouth's main man in targeting goals.

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Danjuma's goal against Norwich City was perhaps his best so far. The ease to which he rolled his defender and sprang away into space gave him plenty of time to hit his shot early and beat Tim Krul from distance. Whether Danjuma is going to get many tap-in goals in the six-yard box, I am not so certain. But if we have a striker who can hit shots as cleanly as Danjuma can from in and around the edge of the box, we are likely to see quite a few more screamers from Danjuma this season.

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Bournemouth has many players that can play just behind the striker with Junior Stanislas and David Brooks the main options that come to mind, but it is surprising that Danjuma has edged out the likes of Samm Surridge who may feel unfortunate not to be given a try as Solanke's strike partner. While things are working for Danjuma, I can't see Jason Tindall swapping things around which has meant that Surridge is only getting a few minutes when Solanke has perhaps run out of steam.

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The only worry I have is that the Cherries need to bring in at least another winger and striker. The Sun has linked Bournemouth with Atletico Madrid's Rodrigo Riquelme who Reading had been tracking. But the Sun seems to think that Bournemouth's pursuit of the winger is to replace David Brooks. It may be that it is actually a replacement for Josh King. 

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In other news, Football Insider has linked AFCB with Birmingham midfielder Gary Gardner.

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Danjuma strike sees off Norwich City 1-0

Match ReportAFCB 1 v 0 Norwich City17 September 2020 

An important second home win for AFCB. 

Danjuma's 35th-minute goal was enough to get AFC Bournemouth's second home win of the season. In a tight game, Bournemouth were pegged back in their own half for much of the game but always had a counter-attack that looked like they could score. The clean sheet will be a big positive for Tindall after what has been a busy week. Bournemouth are in a good position in the table now. Josh King had a few minutes and momentum is slowly building. We can say it has been as good a start for the new manager.

Bournemouth kept is 3-5-1-1 formation with both Stacey and Rico in the line-up. Lloyd Kelly didn't make the team, but Billing came into the side, leaving Danjuma to play behind Solanke. Josh King was on the bench but there was no David Brooks who was ill having starred in midweek.

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Match description
Lerma is offside early on. Stacey's cross is caught by Krul. Another cross from Lerma is taken by the keeper. Rico tackles Hernéandez.

Steve Cook concedes a corner. Danjuma and Lerma, Godfrey clears. Bournemouth are pressing well. Billing to Solanke's right-foot shot is saved and Smith scoops the follow-up wide. Good turn by Solanke.

Stacey heading away well. Hernéandez fires a shot away and beats Billing but not Begovic who pushes it out for a corner. Begovic punches clear and Mepham puts it out for another corner. 

Lewis Cook counters but Danjuma is fouled. Hernández turns and shots and Billing deflects it for a corner. Norwich are on top here. Solanke heads away.

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Lerma slices a shot through to the keeper. Danjuma could have deflected that. Steve Cook blocks. Pukki and Placheta are blocked.

Bournemouth have a free kick. Danjuma finds Lewis Cook. Smith goes for goal and sees his shot deflected for a corner. Rico fires over the top.

Stacey's shot is charged down. Lerma and Billing. Danjuma on the left. Solanke loses it. Bournemouth have a free kick. Bournemouth lack width at the moment.

Danjuma in the box, now Adam Smith. Billing crosses and Stacey goes close with a downward header at the far post, great save by Krul. Corner for Bournemouth, near post and its a goal kick.

Bournemouth on the counter. Solanke and Adam Smith. Billing now. Solanke. Slow build-up. Free kick to Norwich.

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Lerma to Danjuma, who spins and scores on 35 minutes from the edge of the box. Low past Krul and Bournemouth have the lead 1-0.  McLean has been booked.

Skipp fouls Billing. Godfrey tackles Solanke. Zimmermann is fouled by Solanke. Hernández fouls Rico .Pukki to McLean and Rupp shoots from the edge of the box, but Begovic saves. The shot was right at him. One minute of added time. Lewis Cook gets away from Pukki before being fouled.

AFCB 45% possession, 7 shots, 3 shots on target, 3 corners, 5 fouls

Norwich 55% possession, 4 shots, 2 shots on target, 4 corners, 7 fouls

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Second half
Steve Cook wins the ball off of Pukki. Stacey, Solanke and a volley from Danjuma goes wide. Norwich have a corner.

Aarons puts the ball through. Pukki makes a run but Begovic is there first. Danjuma shoots and Krul is down quickly. Danjuma was 25 yards out but determined to have a shot.

Solanke shoots at Krul and could have passed to Lerma. Quintillá shoots but Begovic rushes it up in the air and grabs it at the second attempt. Danjuma wins a throw.

Rico does some good work. Aaron and McLean. Skipp and Aarons is clattered by Adam Smith, no penalty. Bournemouth have a free kick. Danjuma beats Godfrey, Solanke heads over. Missed chance there.

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Steve Cook and Mepham make a clearance. Plachetta and Pukki's header has no power. Rico clears. McLean would have been in a better position behind Pukki. Quintillá, shoots high.

Aarons into Pukki. Rupp and Quintillá. Lerma is defending. Hernández and Aarons. Hernández is blocked. All the football is being played n Bournemouths half. The Cherries are soaking up the pressure. Shot over by Aarons.

Billing is fouled by Skipp. Hernández into Pukki but the forward can't quite reach it. Lewis Cook to Solanke but Danjuma can't get there. Josh King s coming on.

Solanke is replaced by Josh King on 65 minutes. Pukki to Skipp, he misses it. Pukki's cross and Mepham clears. Aarons to McLean who heads wide from 12 yards out.

Rico is booked for holding back Pukki. The ball hits the wall and Lewis Cook has cleared. King and Danjuma's strike is too close to the keeper. Skipp makes a foul. Billing is subbed for Gosling.

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Rico gets the better of Idah. Danjuma and Billing. Stacey tracks back. Lerma has lost it. Pukki loses it to Billing. Danjuma to King and Krul beats King to the ball. 

10 minutes to go. Hugill is coming on, off goes Rupp. Norwich have a corner. Far post ball, Josh King clears. Bogovic has it. Norwich's bent hoped for a handball. Aarons and Idah. Skipp can't keep it in play.

Vrancic crosses and Begovic makes the catch. Free kick to Norwich. Gosling fouls. Surridge is on for Danjuma. Aarons over hits the free kick.

Lewis Cook on the wing. King can't get to it. Aarons intercepts Lerma's pass. Hugill is on side but the ball goes wide off Steve Cook. Corner or Norwich. Stacey clears.

Into added time. Steve Cook heads away. Rico clears. Begovic has the ball. Stacey crosses beyond King and Adam Smith keeps it in play. Rico plays it back to Begovic.

Surridge on the counter is stopped by Zimmermann who gets across. Aarons and the header by Hugill straight at Begovic.

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Summary
An excellent home performance from Bournemouth. To get a clean sheet is great against a promotion tipped candidate. The team did seem a bit short of width at times, but with Danjuma and Solanke running as much as they could, Bournemouth do enough to stretch Norwich. Danjuma is turning into a real match-winner and if Surridge is going to be the main backup striker I'd like to see him get more than five minutes.

AFCB Line upAFCB Subs: 23 Travers, 33 Zemura,  25 Simpson,
4 Gosling, 24 Ofoborh, 27 King, 14 Surridge

Norwich City
1 Krul, 2 Aarons, 6 Zimmermann, 4 Godfrey, 16 Quintillá, 20 Skipp, 25 Hernández (Idah 74), 7 Rupp (Hugill 81), 23 McLean (Vrancic 66), 11 Placheta, 22 Pukki

Norwich Substitutes
8 Vrancic, 9 Hugill, 24 Martin, 27 Tettey, 33 McGovern, 34 Gibson, 35 Idah

AFCB need to find something extra to beat Norwich

Last season Bournemouth didn't find playing Norwich City at all easy with a blank score sheet in both games only earning one draw and a defeat. Scoring against Norwich has been a problem and this August the Canaries have signed a new defender Xavi Quintilla from Villarreal. They have conceded two goals in their two Championship games, but Bournemouth will need to be at their best against the second favorites,  behind Brentford, to lift the Championship title this season.

AFCB will try for the third time to score against
Norwich City having failed in the last two meetings
Norwich have lost Jamal Lewis to Newcastle United but have not been as deeply scarred from their Premier League exit as Bournemouth. Daniel Farke remains in the managerial hot-seat and will be seeking an immediate return to the top flight. This game is likely to be a good indicator of whether Bournemouth or Norwich are better suited to earn that quick return to the top flight.

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For this match, Norwich has declared Emi Buendia and Marco Stiepermann available for selection, but Kieran Dowell and Jacob Sorensen are expected to miss out due to injuries. Norwich's big goal threats will no doubt come from Todd Cantwell and Teemu Pukki, the latter of which scored against Preston North End in Norwich's last league match.

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Bournemouth's difficulty has been in keeping clean sheets, and with Lloyd Kelly a doubt, they may have to reshuffle their backline. It should be a tightly contested game but Bournemouth needs to find something up front to get past Norwich and may well need a couple of goals with Bournemouth's leaky defence. Solanke has been rested in midweek for this game, but Sam Surridge is also in good form. I'd like to see both strikers get on at some point, but with Danjuma also rested and available and perhaps Josh King ready to return, there are options for Tindall.

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The advantage is with Bournemouth for this home game, despite having had a busy week. These are the games they will need to shade if they want to keep gaming the front-runners for the promotion places.

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Possible AFCB line up AFCB Subs: Travers, Stacey, Zemura, Gosling, Billing, King, Surridge

Bournemouth defender is ready to step in for Norwich City game

The match against Man City was good for several reasons. Bournemouth might not have won the game but they played with confidence and had to defend well for long periods. It was good to see the team tested and the difficult part was to see Lloyd Kelly going off injured with a tight hamstring. That injury might not recover in time for the game against Norwich City, but Bournemouth has a potential deputy who more than deserves his chance to get a few starts in the first team.

Jack Simpson is ready to play a bigger role for AFCB
Jack Simpson played the 90 minutes against Man City and he stood up well against Riyad Mahrez and passed the test with flying colours for me. Of all Bournemouths defenders, I'd say that Simpson has been the most patient. He has never had a steady run of games for Bournemouth and has always had more experienced defenders ahead of him in the line-ups. He has had to come on in-game like he did against Liverpool last season when he hadn't had time to hardly warm up and yet needed to hit the ground running. Things have been against him in that kind of respect and I hope Jason Tindall tells him well in advance if he is to come in for Lloyd Kelly this weekend.

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Now Simpson has had time to see how the likes of Nathan Aké and Steve Cook have played and he is more than good enough to play in the Championship. If he is selected Bournemouth can retain their three at the back formation which has proved successful under Jason Tndall, and it won't affect the team that greatly with Simpson having played in midweek.

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I'd like to see Jack give Tindall something to think about. We have players like Philip Billing who are tall but don't supply any headed goals and we know that Jack is very good at heading from corners and getting in front of his man. Now is the time for Jack to grab his opportunity and defend well and see if he can be given the chance to go up for a few set-plays. JT has brought a few academy players into the squad, but it is also time for him to let players like Simpson be given the chance to play more than the odd Carabao Cup game. He has served his apprenticeship and could well do as well as some of the more experienced defenders if he could play a few games in a row.

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Bournemouth bow out to Man City 2-1 in Carabao Cup

Carabao Cup Second RoundMan City 2 v 1 AFCB24 September 2020 
AFCB get driven around the pitch by Man City, but put up a brave fight

Bournemouth slipped behind to an early goal from Liam Delap as City ran the first quarter hour of the game, but a long run by David Brooks set-up Dan Gosling who passed on for Sam Surridge to pull the Cherries level on 22 minutes. The second half was tougher for Bournemouth with De Bruyne and Sterling coming on for City. They held out for a while though before Phil Foden, perhaps somewhat fortuitously, saw the ball come back to him, from a Mahrez shot off the post, to score the winner.

From the previous Carabao Cup line up, Jason Tindall dropped Begovic, Stacey,  Zemura to the bench and bought in Adam Smith, Rico, Gosling and Travers to the start line up. Harry Arter had played against Crystal Palace but has since left to join Nottingham Forest. Dan Gosling was made the captain.

City had Mahrez, Walker and Foden in their starting line up with Aké, Sterling, Mendy and De Bruyne were on the bench. Delap, Steffen, Delap and Torres were the novices for City.

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Match Description
Bournemouth tried to get an early run on goal with Brooks playing a ball up for Surridge, but the forward was offside. Adam Smith has a go from range but blasts over.

Adam Smith puts the ball out for a corner. Travers' first test. Billing concedes a corner. Phil Foden shoots wide from the second corner.

Ferran Torres has a chance but Travers is down quickly and saves on 11 minutes. Good start for Travers that will give him confidence. Billing plays it up for Brooks who is offside. City are well on top for possession. Bernabé's foul gives Bournemouth the ball.

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Foden plays Mahrez in over the top but Travers makes a second save, it's a City corner. Surridge has lost the ball. Liam Delap scores and City are 1-0 up. Foden had the assist.

Surrdige has equalised on 22 minutes. Gosling picked the ball up from Brooks' run and Sam scores from inside the box, bottom corner. Great strike 1-1. Gosling prodded it forward to Sam who turned and fired home across the keeper. Not sure why City didn't close Brooks down, his run set up the goal.

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Lloyd Kelly is injured and is replaced by Zemura. Rico drops to the back three and Zemura goes wide left. Bournemouth win a corner.

City are giving a few fouls away as Bournemouth find their stride. Bernabé is subbed for Mendy on 33 minutes.

Brooks almost gets Surridge in but Mendy covers. Brooks is running the show. Will Guardiola put someone on him second half?

Rodri shoots wide from distance. Bournemouth have to watch out from throw-ins - almost caught out like they were up at Middlesbrough.

AFCB 24% possession, 1 shot, 1 shot on traget, 1 corner, 1 foul
Man City 76% possession, 7 shots, 3 shots on target, 3 corners, 6 fouls

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Second half
Simpson concedes a corner to Man City. Mahrez shoots wide. Billing puts a ball out playing from the back, far too strong.

A couple of shots from City are blocked before Mahrez shoots well over. Sustained pressure from City. Surridge is in, he can shoot, but the ball is held up and he has the shot deflected harmlessly to the keeper. Big chance went begging there.

Brooks plays Surridge in again and the keeper saves well. Bournemouth have got to take one of these chances. Torres puts a cross in but it evades all the City players.

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Lewis Cook and Gosling tried to work the ball through to a shooting position but were closed out. Walker's shot is deflected for a corner. Simpson blocks a cross, and it's another City corner.

A goes header wide from Harwood-Bellis. De Bruyner is coming on for Rodri. Billing fouls Foden. Foden shoots from distance and it's over the bar. Steve Cook replaced Rico.

Lewis Cook fouls de Bruyne. Ofoborh heads away for a corner. Doyle is replaced by Sterling n 67 minutes. Torres shot come cross is palmed away by Travers. Torres is fouled by Zemura. Zemura has been booked. De Bruyne wastes the free kick.

Travers picks up Torres' cross well. Goal kick. Surrdge took the ball down well for Billing but the midfielder couldn't get the return pass away. Bournemouth would have been in on goal.

A long kick from Travers is headed on for Brooks. But there's nothing doing. Mahrez hits a shot that comes off the post. Travers is on the floor and Foden finishes bouncing it against the ground and over Travers to score on 75 minutes 2-1.

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Kilkenny replaces Brooks on 76 minutes. Torres shoots wide after good work from Sterling. Delap fouls Travers and the keeper is down. Delap is yellow carded. Travers is up and well.

Garcia is caught by Surridge. Zemura does well but is caught by Garcia - free kick. Surridge heads wide.

Billing can't find the pass. Four minutes of added time. Ofoborh and Zemura puts a weak cross in that's cleared. Lewis Cook fouls Foden. 

Lewis Cook is carded for fouling de Bruyne. Great tackle from Simpson on Mahrez. Free kick for Bournemouth. Full-time 2-1.

Summary
A decent performance from the Cherries. Man City were just too strong in the second half and kept the ball so well that Bournemouth were basically run off their feet. Still, a strong showing from Surridge and Brooks will please Jason Tindall. Less pleasing is the injury to Lloyd Kelly. Bournemouth have rested a few players for the weekend and they can be pleased to do as well as they did last time at the Etihad in terms of the scoreline.

AFCB Line up
AFCB Subs: Begovic, Stacey, S Cook, Zemura, Lerma, Kilkenny, Anthony

Man City: 13 Steffen, 2 Walker, 50 García, 78 Harwood-Bellis, 47 Foden,
16 Rodri, (De Bruyne 61), 69 Doyle (Sterling 67),  82 Bernabé (Mendy 33), 21 Torres,
26 Mahrez, 48 Delap

City Subs: 6 Aké, 7 Sterling, 17 De Bruyne, 22 Mendy, 33 Carson, 61 Nmecha, 80 Palmer

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Beating Man City is now possible for AFCB

There have been times when Bournemouth have travelled to the Etihad expecting to be on the back of a whipping by Pep Guardiola's side. It will be a feather in Jason Tndall's hat if he can pull off Bournemouth's first win against Man City and he will be conscious that it is a hurdle that could well free up any doubts Bournemouth players have in how far they can go in competitions if they can get a win.

Getting close to Man City isn't the problem, but beating them still eludes AFCB.

Okay, it's the Carabao Cup and not the league and Man City will probably field a bunch of academy players. It is the mental hurdle of beating a top club that would give Bournemouth's players a boost. They showed that last time at the Etihad they could push City all the way and they are in a better state now I believe with the good start to the season they have made.

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There is a possibility that Nathan Aké will be involved for Man City and that could add a bit of spice to the game. Bournemouth's players would no doubt like to get one over on Aké and we could see Dominic Solanke coming up against Aké. I suppose Aké is under a fair bit of pressure as a new player at Man City and that could be helpful to our players that know his game inside out.

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Although the number of games goes up the better you do in cup competitions I don't think the Cherries will be looking for an early exit. More time on the pitch builds comradery and experience and against top sides like Man City, the team will learn where they are not doing well enough. 

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All in all, these are the games Bournemouth fans got very excited about no less than six or seven years ago, and having been in the Premier League these matches don't seem so unique anymore. Still, tonight's match doesn't mean any less if Bournemouth can topple a big named team. Bournemouth hasn't done so much giant-killing in recent years and has tended to falter at this stage when facing a top-six side. JT will be hoping that for once they can overcome such a challenge and be on a real high going into the league match against Norwich City at the weekend.

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