Sealed with a kiss

B’mouth .... 4 Hudd’field...0 CAL’S THREE GLEE

EDDIE HOWE hailed injury-hit striker Callum Wilson after his stunning hat-trick sank Huddersfield.

Frontman Wilson was sidelined for nine months by serious knee ligament damage in January, having recovered from a similar problem in September 2015.

He put the Cherries on course for victory with a quickfire double at the Vitality Stadium before completing his treble late on following the sending off of home captain Simon Francis and a strike from Harry Arter.

The goals were Wilson’s first in the Premier League since the second knee issue.

And it was his second top-flight treble – the first came in a 4-3 win at West Ham way back in August 2015.

Manager Howe said: “I’ve been there myself in the respect you get a serious injury, it’s a lonely place, it’s a hard place to come back from.

“Especially when you consider for Callum he’d just scored a hat-trick at West Ham, in his first taste of the Premier League.

“It looked like he had the world at his feet and it changed in an instant.

“Through that period he always maintained his enthusiasm, his positivity, he’s always a good person to engage with and see.

“And he’s worked incredibly hard on his body to make sure he comes back in the shape that he has, so full credit to him.

“I think with any type of player that receives that injury, it’s a challenge.

“You’ve seen so many players historically, cruciate injuries were ones that retired you back in the day.

“The quality of his finishes for the goals was really, really high so it’s been a really good night for him.”

Huddersfield head coach David Wagner criticised the officials and felt they made mistakes which turned the game in Bournemouth’s favour. The Terriers had been the better team in the opening stages but they fell behind when Wilson headed home Jordon Ibe’s corner moments after a strong challenge by Charlie Daniels on Florent Hadergjonaj went unpunished by ref Lee Probert.

Wilson was then possibly marginally offside for Bournemouth’s second.

“When we speak about a 2-0 half-time result against us, it is after two referee’s decisions which are not correct,” Wagner said.“For the first corner, it was a clear harsh tackle.

“And before the second goal it was a yard offside.This wasn’t difficult to see because it was a set-play.

“Unfortunately, from my point of view it wasn’t correct and this is what we have to accept.

“These two goals changed the game completely and then in the second half we have not created enough.”

Unsurprisingly, the away side had all of the play in the second half but they fell further behind in the 70th minute following a mistake by Scott Malone.

The defender tried to dribble the ball out before being dispossessed by Arter who took his time, cut inside and found the bottom corner.

And Man of the Match Wilson had the final say as he drilled home six minutes from time to complete his treble after Josh King’s pull-back.