Howe salutes Cherries’ super attitude
Eddie Howe hailed Bournemouth’s resolve in turning the game around in yesterday’s 2-1 Premier League victory over Arsenal.
Hector Bellerin fired Arsenal into a second-half lead at the Vitality Stadium, only for Callum Wilson and Jordon Ibe to pounce and turn the game on its head.
The winner came when Wilson received Adam Smith’s lofted ball, turned, laid off to Ibe, and the ex-Liverpool man blasted home.
Victory lifted the Cherries to 13th place in the table.
“We had to do it again, do it the hard way; it’s never easy against any team to come back from a losing position,” said Howe.
“It’s a great sign for us, it has built confidence.
“There’s always a chance you can come back into a game but to come back and win, and against one of the top teams, that’s another boost for us. “But now we’ve got to keep the momentum going, we can’t relax. That would be dangerous.” Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger lamented two costly mistakes that extended the Gunners’ winless run to five games in all competitions. “I feel overall physically it was a tough game for us,” said Wenger.
“It wasn’t forced errors, just lack of decision-making.
“We haven’t created enough with the possession we had. We weren’t sharp enough to create chances.
“Once you’re 1-0 up, you should create more chances. It’s very frustrating and very disappointing, a very disappointing result for us, especially when you’re 1-0 up.
“We made mistakes in areas where you wonder where they come from.”