Bournemouth 3-1 Southampton: Evanilson, Dango Ouattara and Antoine Semenyo score as Cherries beat south coast rivals Trending Global News

Bournemouth picked up their second Premier League win of the season as they recorded a 3–1 home win over south coast rivals Southampton.

First-half goals from Ivanilson, Dango Ouattara and Antoine Semenyo put Bournemouth in complete control after 45 minutes at the Vitality Stadium, while Saints managed to score a goal through Taylor Harwood-Bellis in the second half.

The win lifted Bournemouth up to 11th, while newly-promoted Southampton are 19th and still looking for their first league win this season.

Southampton were in danger early on with Maxwell Cornet’s effort headed wide before Kipa Arrizabalaga got down well to save from former Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser.

But Bournemouth took the lead with their first clear start, a quickly taken free-kick by Flynn Downes after Semenyo was fouled on the left of the Southampton half. As the ball became dead, Marcus Tavernier turned the ball over the top for Ivanilsson to hook the volley past Aaron Ramsdale.

Bournemouth scored their second goal just after the half hour mark. Tavernier was again involved in the build-up, passing to Semenyo, who shifted the ball inside for Lewis Cook to shoot, with Ouattara getting the vital touch to pass the ball close to Ramsdale.

The Cherries did not have to wait long for the third as Semenyo cleared the Southampton defense on the left edge of the area before firing a right-footed strike into Ramsdale and into the corner.

Southampton responded by making a triple substitution at the interval, with Joe Aribo, Ross Stewart and Ben Brereton Diaz coming on for Leslie Ugochukwu, Fraser and Cornet.

The changes had an immediate impact as the Saints needed less than five minutes to get a goal back, with Harwood-Bellis adjusting well to duck and head home Fabrice Fernandes’ cross for his first Premier League goal. Did.

Stewart headed over the bar before heading fellow substitute Brereton Diaz’s effort, while at the other end Evansville wasted a chance to double his tally by firing straight at Ramsdale.

Ryan Christie then flashed wide, before Luis Sinisterra missed the chance to add a fourth for Bournemouth when his shot was saved by Ramsdale in added time.

Martin: I didn’t recognize our team – we were soft!

southampton Manager Russell Martin told sky sports,

“I’m very hurt by the performance of the first half after the first goal. I didn’t recognize our team. I’m usually proud of them for the courage they show, but there was no aggression, no courage. , there was no intensity to the play.” Looking around I saw self-preservation mode on the pitch.

“I couldn’t recognize the body language. I didn’t like that one bit. In the second half, they showed a lot of fight and courage but it was too late.

“I’m really hurt and disappointed with the first half. That’s on me and I have to give them some tools to respond to setbacks better than us.

“We clearly haven’t learned from the failure in the Manchester United game which is a problem.

“We were soft, so forget that style of play. If you don’t want to run, fight and make contact, take things personally – we didn’t get the ball at all in the first half – then that’s going to be a problem. “

Semenyo: We knew we could catch the Saints

bournemouth winger antony semenyo He has had a hand in 10 goals in his last 20 Premier League appearances for Bournemouth (eight goals and two assists).

Semenyo talks about Bournemouth’s first goal Sky Sports: “We watched some videos in the meetings during the week and so we knew we could catch them with some quick free-kicks.

“It was quick thinking on Tao’s part [Tavernier] And Ivan’s great finale [Evanilson]I’m buzzing for him and he’s going to be a problem for teams this season.”

Regarding his form and his ability to play with both his right and left feet, Semenyo said: “I’ve been practicing all my life and I’m lucky to be able to play with both feet.”