Bournemouth ended a six-game winless league run with a 1-0 residence victory over Fulham as Antoine Semenyo’s aim contained in the opening minute reignited their hopes of European qualification.
Semenyo capitalised on Antonee Robinson’s mistake to arrow a low end into the underside nook after simply 53 seconds on the Vitality Stadium.
It proved to be the distinction between the 2 European-chasing sides as Bournemouth leapfrogged Fulham into eighth on aim distinction, with the highest eight more likely to be sufficient to qualify for Europe until Crystal Palace win the FA Cup.
Following the victory, match-winner Semenyo revealed Cherries boss Andoni Iraola had billed the sport as “make-or-break” for his or her season.
The 25-year-old informed Sky Sports activities: “The win was undoubtedly important for us. The supervisor has been saying all week that it’s a make-or-break sport for us.
“We came into the game wanting to give our all and you could see at the end in the celebrations that it meant a lot. It has been a tough couple of weeks, but it is good to be back on the board.”
Bournemouth’s lightning-quick begin practically rewarded them with two objectives as Evanilson struck the bar from shut vary within the seventeenth minute. It was the twenty first time the south coast aspect have struck the woodwork within the Premier League this season, greater than another aspect.
However Fulham missed two superb possibilities to equalise earlier than half-time. First, Rodrigo Muniz dragged a shot broad within the thirty first minute after a defensive mix-up between Bournemouth centre-backs Dean Huijsen and Marcos Senesi, who have been beginning a league sport collectively for the primary time.
Simply six minutes later, the unmarked Ryan Sessegnon headed straight at Bournemouth goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Marco Silva’s aspect continued to push for an equaliser within the second half, and the Fulham head coach’s frustrations elevated following confusion round a triple substitution which appeared to see Ryan Sessegnon taken off by mistake.
The Cherries then weathered the Fulham stress to carry on for a primary win in 9 video games in all competitions, which catapults them again into European rivalry and ranges their highest Premier League factors tally with 48 factors.
