Dango Ouattara scored twice as Bournemouth made mild of their striker disaster with a thumping 5-1 FA Cup third-round win over West Brom.
Cherries boss Andoni Iraola stated this week he must dip into the January switch market after forwards Evanilson and Enes Unal suffered severe accidents.
However on this proof he won’t have to after Ouattara hit a double whereas Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and Daniel Jebbison have been additionally heading in the right direction.
The Premier League facet have been briefly on the again foot after the managerless Baggies, sixth within the Championship, grabbed an early purpose.
Chris Brunt, nonetheless in non permanent cost whereas the membership continues the seek for Carlos Corberan’s successor, made seven adjustments to his beginning line-up – Iraola made six – and noticed his facet draw first blood within the 14th minute after Darnell Furlong received a free-kick 30 yards out.
John Swift swung within the cross, Grady Diangana’s header bounced again off the crossbar and Caleb Taylor reacted quickest to nod dwelling the rebound.
It was the defender’s first begin for Albion since final season’s third spherical, and his first purpose for the membership, having solely been recalled from a mortgage spell at League One Wycombe final week.
The Baggies, five-time FA Cup winners, have been knocking the ball round confidently and looking out good worth for his or her lead.
That was till the twenty seventh minute when an inswinging cross from David Brooks missed everybody within the space and visiting ‘keeper Joe Wildsmith obtained a fingertip to it.
Justin Kluivert is congratulated after equalising
Kluivert was lurking on the far submit and smashed the free ball into the roof of the web to equalise.
Seven minutes later Kluivert’s intelligent reverse move put Ouattara in behind, with the Burkina Faso worldwide slipping a neat end beneath Wildsmith from a good angle.
A minute earlier than half-time Brooks led a Bournemouth counter-attack with a surging run by the center.
His move was completely weighted for Ouattara, revelling within the central placing function, to calmly slot his second previous Wildsmith.
Bournemouth have by no means received the FA Cup and have solely been previous the fifth spherical as soon as of their historical past.
Outtara celebrates after giving Bournemouth a 2-1 lead
However they rubber-stamped their place in spherical 4 two minutes into the second half when Semenyo, on as a half-time substitute, performed a brief nook to Ouattara.
The Baggies have been sliced open far too simply as Ouattara discovered Brooks, who slipped the ball again inside for Semenyo to lash excessive into the web.
Then, in stoppage time, substitute Jebbison – simply recalled from a mortgage spell at Watford – was performed in by Semenyo to spherical off a complete win along with his first Cherries purpose.
The managers
Bournemouth supervisor Andoni Iraola:
“The forwards played very well, most of them scored goals so it’s really pleasing.
“Dango has performed very properly, he has performed No 9 in his nationwide workforce. We have now gamers who might help us there even when it’s not their greatest place.
“A lot of players have played in positions they are not used to and everyone has helped us.”
West Brom interim supervisor Chris Brunt:
“It’s disappointing, obviously, to lose. A heavy defeat never easy to take.
“We began properly, went a purpose forward and that was most likely the worst factor that would have occurred. Bournemouth confirmed their Premier League high quality on the day.”
