It is almost bewildering how a team can be so strong at the back and go on an unbeaten run and then seem to forget all that they were doing so well. Players are of course only human and they are fallible at times. Bournemouth's pressures have only been heaped upon them because they are on the brink of achieving what they set out to do this season and when the players see that they are good enough to get clean sheets against any team in the Premier League they will do it again.
The second goal was no less disappointing with Dummit given clear license to cross from the left and Pérez must have been surprised to find himself free on the far side of the goal and being given time to slip the ball past Begovic for Gayle to double the lead. It was simply another lesson in needing to shut down crosses and marking up.
It was clearly not Begovic's best game but he didn't have a lot of support from his defenders. It is important that the communication is good and everyone is looking out for each other, but you couldn't see much evidence of that.
Another two goals shipped at home to a side that didn't have strikers that set fear into many teams just underlines how poor the defending was at times. I give credit to Newcastle in the way Shelvey saw Ritchie's run for the first goal, but I can't see anything but errors for the second Newcastle goal. Bournemouth have to be better than that as Dan Gosling said after the match.
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| Asmir Begovic has come in for some criticism after his performance against Newcastle Utd. |
Against Newcastle Utd it was far from secure at the back though. Both goals that Newcastle scored were not openings that couldn't be shut out, but Bournemouth made several errors. Nobody closed down Johnjo Shelvey before picking out Ritchie's run and Daniels was sucked in too high up the field to let Ritchie get five yards on him. Begovic was also unable to clear before Dwight Gayle and the result was the first goal.
The second goal was no less disappointing with Dummit given clear license to cross from the left and Pérez must have been surprised to find himself free on the far side of the goal and being given time to slip the ball past Begovic for Gayle to double the lead. It was simply another lesson in needing to shut down crosses and marking up.
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Another two goals shipped at home to a side that didn't have strikers that set fear into many teams just underlines how poor the defending was at times. I give credit to Newcastle in the way Shelvey saw Ritchie's run for the first goal, but I can't see anything but errors for the second Newcastle goal. Bournemouth have to be better than that as Dan Gosling said after the match.
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