Southampton still winless after losing to south coast rival Bournemouth BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Bournemouth beat Southampton 3-1 and extended the latter’s miserable start to the English Premier League on Monday. Southampton remain winless after six games and are tied on one point at the bottom of the table with Wolverhampton. The run marks the newly promoted side’s worst start to the league since 1998. Brazilian striker Evanilson scored his first goal for the Cherries and Antoine Semenyo starred, scoring one and setting up another as Bournemouth plundered all three goals in a frantic first 45 minutes. “It’s a goal we expected from Evanilson,” Bournemouth assistant manager Tommy Elphick said. “He’s so smart and runs such cute races.” We didn’t find him enough so I’m happy for him. “The first half is a representation of what we did for periods. It was electric. Bournemouth moved up to 11th. The home team started well and took the lead after 17 minutes. Marcus Tavernier was the architect, cleverly taking a quick free-kick which caught the Southampton defense off guard. Evanilson ran and passed the ball past the goalkeeper. Former Bristol City winger Semenyo was always a threat on the right and after 32 minutes his pullback found Lewis Cook, whose shot was deflected by Dango Ouattara. Five minutes later, the Ghana international got his own name on the scoresheet with some nifty footwork before drilling an angled shot into the far corner. Taylor Harwood-Bellis scored a goal for Southampton early in the second half, but it failed to spark a comeback. The home side had more possession in the second half but rarely threatened the Bournemouth goal. “I didn’t recognize our team,” said Southampton boss Russell Martin. “There was neither aggression nor courage. They looked around and in self-preservation mode on the ground. I didn’t like it at all. They fought in the second half but it was too late. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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