Wilson scores an unbelievable goal against the Hammers

Those who travelled to the London stadium might have hoped for another strong performance by the Cherries and to see another win was so exciting. But the Cherries had played for 45 minutes without scoring and Fabianski was playing well in goal having already made an excellent save from Callum Wilson's run that looked destined to find the net when David Brooks had found him centrally closing in on goal.

Power, pace, touch - Callum's Wilson's goal had everything.

This season we have seen Wilson have plenty of attempts at goal and while he has been unlucky not to score a few more goals, he has made it two goals in two games and both from open play. The goal he got against West Ham in the second half though was something special. It reminded me of the Brett Pitman goal against Fulham when, as Bournemouth fans, we just didn't know a striker had that in his game.

Wilson just kept his head when he was surrounded with West Ham defenders. He surged and concentrated so well at keeping the ball close to him, while West Ham defenders dived in one after another. Noble had for once run out of steam tracking Wilson's run. Wilson was not direct in his running, but kept Balbuena and then Zabeletta guessing before he touched the ball away from them and found himself drifting to the left and shot just in time to prevent the despairing Ogbonna from getting a block in. Fabianski had narrowed goal, but Wilson's accurate shot nutmegged the keeper and handstand Fabianski ended up doing made him look like he had been tied up in knots.

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I doubt Wilson will score a better goal this season or perhaps a more important goal. It not only brightened up the day but it got Bournemouth's players believing that they could win the game having seen very little before go for them. The moment of brilliance was inspiring. Wilson only scores tap ins I thought to myself, but now this was something very different from him. The control and balance he showed were that of a top-draw striker and Howe will want to see more powerful running from his number 13 like that now. It was the kind of goal I would have put Josh King down for if anyone in the AFCB team, but to see Wilson do it was a big surprise.

All I can say is he really enjoyed the moment as much as the fans and he'll be thinking he can score against anyone after this latest goal, which put a broad smile on his face. Callum will enjoy training this next week.