Bournemouth brush aside in-form Everton to advance in FA Cup

Bournemouth burst Everton’s bubble to end David Moyes’ dream of bringing silverware back to the club – for this season at least – with a 2-0 FA Cup fourth-round victory.

After three successive league wins had eased relegation fears, the Scot hoped the cup would afford his players a release from the relentless pressure of the last couple of years, but the high-energy Cherries are not such accommodating opponents.

In Antoine Semenyo they have a livewire winger who has caused many defenders a problem and James Tarkowski will be pleased to see the back of the Ghana international after enduring a nightmare opening 45 minutes.

The 25-year-old, whose 87th-minute goal sparked Bournemouth’s remarkable comeback victory from 2-0 down in August, won and then converted a 23rd-minute penalty, having lured Everton’s stand-in captain into an inadvisable lunge.

Semenyo continued to torment the veteran centre-back so much his brain appeared frazzled when he cleared a short goal-kick straight to Marcus Tavernier, allowing Daniel Jebbison to score in successive cup games.

The Canadian-born forward, who became the Premier League’s youngest scorer on their full debut with a goal for Sheffield United at Goodison Park in 2021, had been recalled from a loan spell at Championship side Watford to help ease the Cherries’ injury crisis up front.

Prior to his goal in the third-round win over West Brom he had not scored since January 2023, but on his first start since joining for £1.5million from Burton in the summer he made it two in six appearances.

Moyes spoke ahead of the game about his desire to challenge for a trophy again, with Everton’s last coming in 1995, and named his strongest side, with only Vitalii Mykolenko missing with a minor calf