Match Report
1 October 2018
1 October 2018
AFCB 2 v 1 Crystal Palace
Attendance: 10,199
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| David Brooks gets his first goal for AFCB against Crystal Palace. |
Games against Crystal Palace are always tight and there was plenty of aggression from both teams in a spirited game, but Mamadou over stepped the line with an elbow on Lerma that threw the game in Bournemouth's favour. Junior Stanislas made no mistake with a chipped penalty and Bournemouth snatched a 2-1 win having seen David Brooks get his first Premier League goal. While Van Aanholdt got a goal back, it was Bournemouth asking the questions in the second half once the scores were level with Wilson and Gosling going close before the penalty.
Eddie Howe switched Adam Smith to the left back position and Simon Francis started at right-back with Lewis Cook coming into the starting line up for the first time in this season's Premier League games.
Match Commentary
David Brooks puts the first warning cross into the box. Bournemouth are kicking to the Steve Fletcher stand and Wilson plays a ball square to Brooks who has picked out the top left corner. It's 1-0 to the Cherries with 5 minutes gone.
Palace have a free-kick and Milivojevic puts it over. Max Meyer is next to have a shot right at Begovic.
Nathan Aké goes close with a header. Adam Smith is getting plenty of crosses in. Callum Wilson only finds the side netting after put into space by Fraser.
Milivojevic has a shot blocked. Brooks is carded after taking out Van Aanhot
King wins a free-kick and the cross from Brooks is headed by Steve Cook, but straight to the keeper.
McArthur heads wide and he's offside. Meyer is into the box and Ayew mis-controls the ball. McArthur wins a corner. Aké is fouled. It's 1-0 to AFCB at half-time.
Bournemouth narrowly won possession in the first-half 51 per cent to 49 per cent. There were four shots by both teams and Bournemouth managed two shots on target to Crystal Palace's one. The Cherries had one corner and Palace two.
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Second half
Van Aanhokt has taken out Zaha by mistake. Lerma has found King and Fraser was put through but the pass is too strong for him.
McArthur has turned in the box but it's well over the bar. Aké has to make a clearance with Brooks losing it for a second in his own box. Zaha is blocked.
Townshend is looking to take on Adam Smith.
Zaha and the ball is out to the left with Van Aanholt and he cuts back inside Francis and he has found the top corner it's 1-1. Suspicion of off-side there, 55-minutes gone!
Dan Gosling is coming on for David Brooks on 58 minutes.
Palace are controlling things. Here's a chance. Fraser and Francis, headed back to Wilson by King but it's volleyed over.
Adam Smith, Francis and Wilson gets a corner on 62 minutes. Fraser to take Steve Cook is blocked. King, Aké now Wilson. Oh, he's just failed to connect, another corner.
Bournemouth are playing it up the field quickly. Fraser is on the right now and King on the left.
Aké has to head clear at the far post. A shot from Townshend goes just wide of the right post. It takes three to force the ball out off of King. Lewis Cook gets a good covering tackle in. Lerma and Fraser to Adam Smith. Wide again to Fraser and Palace clear.
Milivojevic is caught by Lewis Cook. Fraser has gone down. Francis almost gets Wilson in.
It's end to end. Zaha's lost the ball, goal kick.
Just 17 minutes left to find a winner. Gosling into King but he's blocked.
Gosling loses the ball and Palace break. Lewis Cook has it now. Adam Smith and King Bournemouth just keeping possession ticking over. Townsend has been booked. Free-kick, Fraser takes and Francis hits it low and well-wide.
McArthur is subbed for Schlupp on 77 minutes. Aké clashed heads with Ayew. A nose injury to Aké. Just 11 minutes to go.
Steve Cook has seen the ball out for a Palace corner. Ayew is coming off and Sørloth comes on, nine minutes left.
Fraser gets on the ball and Wilson has a shot saved by Hennessey's legs and Lerma puts the follow up wide! Wilson should have put the Cherries ahead there. Fraser did everything right for him.
King has come off and Stanislas is on with six minutes left. Kouyate is also replacing Meyer. Lerma out to Francis and Wilson is on the right, crosses and Gosling's header is saved by the keeper.
Free-kick to Bournemouth. Fraser takes and Lerma is down in the box, Sakho elbows Lerma and it's a penalty. Stanislas to take in the 87th minutes. It's a goal, down the middle 2-1!!!
Van Aanholt down the left. Zaha turns but is met by four red and black shirts. Aké clears from Townsend. Four minutes of added time to play.
Lerma and Kouyate get in a tangle. Lerma is pulled away by his teammates, but is going to be carded. Cards also for Kouyate and Tomkins. Begovic comes and makes a claim.
Palace have the ball. A long ball it's headed away by Stanislas then Aké. Fraser is carded for throwing the ball away. Free-kick for Palace. The header is wide by Sørloth.
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| Brooks has come of age. |
Bournemouth had the first-half well-managed and deservedly took the lead with Brook's great strike. Palace were much better in the second-half and fought back hard. But even with Van Aanholdt's goal, Bournemouth looked capable of nicking it and while Wilson missed a super chance and Gosling also found Hennessey hard to beat, Mamadou Sakho gifted the Cherries the win with a needless flailing arm aimed at Lerma. With Bournemouth having Gosling helping out in midfield, the Cherries looked very strong and they are creating chances. This was a really positive performance at home.
AFCB Line-up
AFCB Subs: Boruc, Rico, Gosling, Stanislas, Mousset, Defoe
AFCB Ratings
Begovic 6, Francis 6, S Cook 6, Aké 8, A Smith 7, Brooks 7, L Cook 6, Lerma 7, Fraser 7, Wilson 6, King 6
Cherry Chimes MOM: Nathan Aké
Referee Watch: Mike Dean - 7/10 maybe let down by the assistant referee over the Van Aanholt goal. But spotted and gave the penalty.
Crystal Palace
Hennessey, Wan-Bisaka, Tomkins, Sakho, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Meyer (Kouyate 84), McArthur (Schlupp 77), Townsend, Zaha. Ayew (Sørloth 82)
Palace Subs
Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Schlupp, Kouyate, Puncheon, Sørloth
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