Marcos Senesi, Enes Unal and Justin Kluivert found the net as Bournemouth kept alive their outside chance of a European place with a 3-0 home win against Brighton
There were a few eyebrows raised when Bournemouth owner Bill Foley said in December he is confident the club can qualify for Europe within five years but that prediction doesn’t look at all outlandish now. A comfortable victory thanks to goals from Marcos Senesi, Enes Unal on his firststart and Justin Kluivert means Andoni Iraola’s side still have an outside chance of achieving that this season after totally outplaying a Brighton team who have clearly lost their way under Roberto De Zerbi.
The Republic of Ireland forward was tipped as one of the league’s brightest prospects 12 months ago but was one of eight players missing through injury, with De Zerbi hoping that Offiah and O’Mahony could provide his side with “fresh energy”. Sadly for the former Cork City striker, who was signed last January for just £50,000, his only real impact here was at the wrong end.
Antoine Semenyo – who was carried off on a stretcher late on with a suspected knee injury in the only negative for Iraola – has been at the heart of Bournemouth’s strong finish to the season and a sublime flick from the Ghana forward on the right flank left Barco for dust in the 11th minute. Dominic Solanke’s shot appeared to strike Dunk’s elbow but the referee, Paul Tierney, dismissed claims for a penalty.
A surging run from Scott needed Dunk to deflect his shot over the bar as Bournemouth smelled blood but Unal was too casual after Semenyo was gifted possession by Bart Verbruggen just before half-time. While Iraola was a bundle of energy on the touchline, De Zerbi looked thoroughly miserable with his hands in his pockets as Solanke was allowed time and space to shoot but could only pick out the Brighton goalkeeper.
Having spurned several opportunities to make it even worse for Brighton, Kluivert finally found the net with a thumping finish from Ryan Christie’s pass three minutes from time to leave De Zerbi with plenty to ponder.
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