Bournemouth second, Sean Dyche suffers early league defeat

sean dycheFirst of all Premier League match in charge nottingham forest ended with defeat as bournemouth Moved up to second place in the table with a 2–0 win at the Vitality Stadium.

Forest were hoping to keep the momentum from Thursday night’s 2-0 Europa League Win over Porto – their first win in all competitions since August.

Instead, they fell behind when Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring directly from a 25th-minute corner.

Junior Krupi doubled bournemouthThe advantage before the break, the 19-year-old’s fourth goal in his last three Cherries matches.

Both bosses made the same changes to their line-ups, with Ierola bringing on Veljko Milosavljević for Bafod Diakite, while Dyche was forced to be substituted. oleksandr zinchenko Resulting from injury in European win with Nicolo Savona.

Marcus Tavernier tested Matze Sels early on, forcing the Forest keeper to make a low save in the second minute. Sels then denied Antoine Semenyo as the Cherries remained on the front foot for the first 15 minutes.

When the visitors were barely into Bournemouth’s half douglas luiz And justin kluivert A heated, physical clash broke out at midfield, forcing members of both sides to intervene and defuse the situation.

Both players were issued yellow cards in the 18th minute, and a second stoppage was required moments later as referee Sam Barrot once again called for cool heads.

Forest had recorded only one shot – by neko williamsAnd well off target – by the time Tavernier opened the scoring in the 25th minute, firing his corner beyond a leaping Sells.

The visitors protested, believing that Tavernier had last touched the ball before the corner was awarded and that Tyler Adams had fouled Sales in the air, but the officials disagreed and the contest continued.

Djordje Petrovic was eventually called into action with Williams’ effort before Crupi doubled the Cherries’ advantage, latching onto a loose ball in midfield before beating Sales from 25 yards and prompting a chorus of “You’re getting sacked in the morning” directed at the new Forest boss.

Dyche made a treble of changes, replacing Igor Jesus with Taiwo Awoniyi, Omari Hutchinson and Ryan Yates. Callum Hudson-Odoi And Luiz was off to start even more of the second half.

But the chances remained low till then Morgan Gibbs-White Petrovic was forced to make a diving stop with just over 13 minutes remaining.

some clever work from David Brooks Bournemouth almost went third late on, but the substitute’s shot in the 69th minute went just wide and Petrovic saved Awoniyi’s late effort.