Josh Brownhill Dominic Solanke James Trafford Chris Mepham Vincent Kompany Antoine Semenyo Justin Kluivert Josh Cullen Marcos Senesi Premier League Burnley soccer Bournemouth Crystal Palace Sport Josh Brownhill Dominic Solanke James Trafford Chris Mepham Vincent Kompany Antoine Semenyo Justin Kluivert Josh Cullen Marcos Senesi

Bournemouth return to winning ways against Burnley

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Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo were on target as Bournemouth ended a seven-match winless run in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory at Burnley.The Clarets already appear doomed to relegation and, despite dominating possession and chances, they fell to an 11th home defeat from 14 league games at Turf Moor.Kluivert provided a moment of real quality in the 13th minute to open the scoring, while Burnley had a second-half effort from Josh Cullen ruled out for a foul before Semenyo curled in a late second.That sent the home fans heading for the exits, while Bournemouth are now 11 points clear of the bottom three.Dominic Solanke gave Bournemouth a boost by defying a knee problem to make the starting line-up while Burnley boss Vincent Kompany made three changes from last weekend's defeat by Crystal Palace, with Cullen taking over the armband from the suspended Josh Brownhill and Vitinho and Jacob Bruun Larsen also coming in.Burnley set about their task with energy and enthusiasm and went close in the fourth minute when Wilson Odobert swept a cross from Lorenz Assignon straight at Neto.Bournemouth were then dealt an early blow when defender Marcos Senesi appeared to sustain a hamstring injury and had to be replaced by Chris Mepham.But moments later the Cherries were ahead, Burnley's vulnerability at the back again exposed by a long ball from Lewis Cook that was seized on by Kluivert, who cut inside Dara O'Shea before lashing his shot past James Trafford.Burnley were bossing possession and much of the play was around the Bournemouth box but too often the end product was missing.Vitinho and Odobert both sent shots over the bar while at the other end a foul on Solanke just outside the box gave Marcus Tavernier the chance to

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