Bournemouth moved up to second in the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory in Sean Dyche’s first league game in charge of Nottingham Forest.
Marcus Tavernier scored direct from a corner in the first half as goalkeeper Matz Sels flapped at the set-piece, which should have been a goal kick, before Eli Junior Kroupi fired in his fourth goal in three league games just before the break.
Bournemouth are now unbeaten in eight Premier League matches which has helped earn them their best-ever start to a top-flight season as they continue to surpass expectations under head coach Andoni Iraola.
It’s a different story for Nottingham Forest, who haven’t won in the league since the opening day of the season, and failed to build on their midweek victory over Porto in the Europa League, sitting inside the bottom three.
How Bournemouth eased past Forest
Bournemouth were the better side throughout with Sels forced into early saves to deny Tavernier and Antoine Semenyo before the match boiled over when Justin Kluivert and Douglas Luiz clashed and were both shown yellow cards.
The hosts deservedly opened the scoring in the 25th minute, albeit controversially. Bournemouth were awarded a corner despite Tavernier appearing to get the final touch when he was tackled by Neco Williams.
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Bournemouth take the lead through a Marcus Tavernier corner, but should they have been given the corner in the first place?
Tavernier then curled the set piece over Sels, who flapped at the delivery with his right hand, having been under slight pressure from Tyler Adams as it came in.
Forest had just one shot on target in the first half through Williams’ shot from the edge of the area before Kroupi added Bournemouth’s second. Referee Sam Barrott played advantage when Adams was fouled by Elliot Anderson, allowing Kroupi to advance into space with the ball and send a dipping shot into the bottom left corner.
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Eli Junior Kroupi gave Bournemouth their second with a superb finish in their Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest.
Dyche made three changes at half-time and while they improved in the second half, having three shots on target to Bournemouth’s none, the hosts were rarely troubled.
Djordje Petrovic’s only significant save came late on from Morgan Gibbs-White’s curling effort as the hosts cruised to victory.
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