King crowns rudderless Swansea’s misery

SWANSEA, United Kingdom: Joshua King rounded off another miserable day for managerless Swansea on Saturday as his goal secured Bournemouth a 3- 0 victory over the Premier League tailenders.

King’s goal two minutes from time added to those of England Under-21 striker Benik Afobe and Scottish midfielder Ryan Fraser condemned Swansea — who sacked manager Bob Bradley last Monday — to their eighth defeat in the last 12 matches.

The Swans are a point adrift of Hull — who drew 2- 2 with Everton on Friday — and four shy of safety.

Victory brought Bournemouth their first away win in four matches and came on the eighth anniversary when present manager Eddie Howe took over in a caretaker capacity and with them 91st in the 92 member league.

Now they sit comfortably in midtable 10 points above the relegation places.

Junior Stani slas, one of Bournemouth’s standout players this season, had the Cherries first chance, his dazzling solo run getting him into the box and his audacious chip was just tipped over the bar by Lukasz Fabianski.

Swansea had few chances but Fernando Llorente, all of whose six goals this term have come at home, beat Artur Boruc with a header only for it to clip the post.

However, the hosts morale dipped when a few minutes later Afobe was on hand to knock the ball home after Jordi Amat had come close to scoring an own goal, the ball rebounding off the inside of the post and eagerly snapped up by the Bournemouth striker.

Amat’s frustrations boi led over shortly afterwards as his clattering chal lenge on the impressive Fraser earned him a booking.

Fraser, whose introduction as a substitute engineered their remarkable comeback from 31 down to beat Liverpool 4- 3 recently, provided the perfect riposte doubling the visitors lead on half-time.

Stanislas was the provider after playing a 1-2 with the outstanding Jack Wilshere. — AFP