Only Manchester United (10 video games) are on an extended unbeaten run within the prime flight than Bournemouth.
But the Cherries appeared removed from their in-form greatest within the first half on Saturday, spurning possibilities to attain whereas struggling to include Sunderland.
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Junior Kroupi skewed a strike nicely vast after latching on to a free ball, whereas Alex Scott couldn’t replicate Eliezer Mayenda’s opener when Robin Roefs palmed the ball straight to him.
There will likely be some debate over whether or not Sunderland ought to have been decreased to 10 males within the first half, with Iraola left livid on the touchline when he thought Roefs had unfairly denied Kroupi a goalscoring alternative.
But Bournemouth themselves have been maybe lucky to not see purple when the VAR determined to stay with Jared Gillet’s on-field choice to indicate Tyler Adams a yellow card just for his studs-up problem on Granit Xhaka.
Regardless of these choices – and their very own slow start – Bournemouth will really feel they need to have fought again to steal all three factors after a late flurry of possibilities.