Bournemouth ease relegation fears with stoppage-time win over Tottenham

Bournemouth moved well clear of the Premier League relegation zone with a 3-2 stoppage-time victory over Tottenham in north London on Saturday.

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The win moves Bournemouth (33 points – 14th place) up one place in the table, and now six points clear of the bottom-three with seven games left to play. Tottenham (53 points – 5th place) failed to capitalize on 3rd-place Newcastle’s (56 points) heavy defeat to Aston Villa earlier in the day.

Spurs threatened early and often, and got their reward in the 14th minute. Clement Lenglet played a perfect ball in behind the Bournemouth defense, picking out Ivan Perisic, who slipped a cut-back ball to the late-arriving Son for a cool finish and a 1-0 lead.

Bournemouth were gifted their equalizer in the 38th minute, when Davinson Sanchez and Pedro Porro combined to give the ball away inside Tottenham’s defensive third, sending Matias Viña in behind for a finish lifted over Hugo Lloris.

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Dominic Solanke put Bournemouth ahead six minutes into the second half, as Marcus Tavernier found him with a deft pass to the top of the six-yard box. Solanke dinked it toward the far post and wheeled away in delight as the ball nestled into the side netting.

The Cherries held onto their lead for more than a half-hour, but Tottenham eventually hit back in the 88th minute. Former Bournemouth man Arnaut Danjuma, now on loan at Spurs, struck a sensational volley from the edge of the penalty area to make it 2-2 and give the home side all reason to believe they could go on and win it.

Six minutes later, Dango Outtara scored at the other end for a 3-2 Bournemouth victory, and that is Tottenham’s 2022-23 season