Billing and Aké unlikely goal heroes

With a shortage of goals at Dean Court it was good to see Bournemouth get two goals in a first half for the second game in a row. The match against Aston Villa was unlikely to be a goalless draw, but the Cherries have been scoring less goals than Villa and to get the win it was perhaps a surprise where the goals came from.

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Philip Billing has started this year well with goals against Luton Town and now Aston Villa. The goal against Villa was pleasing as it was a good team goal with Francis recovering Fraser's free kick and putting in a deep cross for Gosling to knock down. Billing came from the blind side and passed the ball into the net with some precision. He didn't over hit it and knew he'd scored the instant he connected with the ball.

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Our central midfielders haven't exactly been full of goals with only Gosling haven got on the sheet this season, but Lerma also went close against Aston Villa and it would be helpful if these players could get into the box a bit more often. Billing is certainly looking to get forward more and with Dan Gosling missing a good chance early on in the game, it is perhaps been mentioned to the central midfielders that they need to be doing more in an attacking sense if Bournemouth are to start winning games.

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But a second goal was also poached by Nathan Aké against Aston Villa. The defender is always a threat at corners and set pieces and this was another free kick that had come back off the wall and Fraser had put in a strike that Reina could only guide onto Nathan Aké's foot. Aké anticipates well and has been a good source of goals in past seasons.

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But Bournemouth also really need their strikers to get on a run. It has been a shame tat Callum Wilson is finding it hard to score at the moment, even if he did have a god chance in the second half. It doesn't really matter who gets the goals, but Bournemouth will want Callum firing in goals again soon.

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