Parker off in late drama
BOURNEMOUTH boss Scott Parker saw red after Emil Riis Jakobsen scored a late winner for Preston.
Ref Matt Donohue ordered Parker and Adam Smith from the field of play, and stewards had to shepherd both of them along the side of the pitch to the changing room.
Parker had remonstrated with the ref about not giving a foul by Preston’s Alan Browne on Philip Billing before North End raced away to score the winner in the 89th minute (right).
Parker admitted to getting ‘animated with the ref,” but insisted: “I really don’t know why he sent me off. I didn’t use any foul language at all. I also don’t know why he then sent-off Adam Smith either.”
He added: “It’s a bump in the road for us, and we made some mistakes. But I just can’t forgive the ref for letting a string of fouls go, with the one before their final goal being a big error.
“We played well against a stubborn side and we deservedly went ahead, but then let them counter attack and equalise. I’m so disappointed. We played into their hands, and then they scored that late winner.”
Preston boss Ryan Lowe also had concerns about the ref allowing a number of fouls to go unpunished throughout the game , but added: “It was an excellent victory and thoroughly deserved against a fantastic team that will go up into the Premier League.
“The win leaves us five points off the play-offs, but there are some big teams with big budgets up there fighting. We’re near, but I can’t say we can get there though. I don’t want to put any pressure on my players.” Bournemouth set off like an express train but it took them until the secondhalf to go ahead through a third goal in three games for Jamal Lowe.
He cleverly anticipated a Jaidon Anthony cross to perfection and went around keeper Daniel Iversen to tap home.
But within three minutes, young Cameron Archer, on loan from Villa, hit his fifth of the season to pull Preston level.
Then North End skipper Browne set up Riis Jakobsen’s late winner, a low drive that gave keeper Mark Travers no chance.
And it was good enough to end the Cherries’ run of four wins.