STEVE COOK’S injury-time header consigned Newcastle to ANOTHER 1-0 defeat.
The Toon lost by a goal to Burnley on Monday, following earlier defeats by the same scoreline to Huddersfield and Brighton.
And Cherriers defender Cook sunk the hosts in the 92nd minute as he nodded in Andrew Surman’s corner. Boss Rafa Benitez will complain about Dwight Gayle having a 16th-minute strike wrongly ruled out for offside. Yet Bournemouth deserved their second straight away win for their efforts in the second half, with Marc Pugh hitting the post just moments before Cook’s intervention.
Newcastle started brightly here, with Matt Ritchie looking inspired against his former club. The Scotland international had a shot from out on the right tipped wide by Asmir Begovic. Then he found Gayle with a pinpoint cross, with Cook getting his chest in the way of the recalled striker’s header. Christian Atsu was next to the sting the gloves of Begovic.
And then when Ritchie struck the left post with a curling 20-yard effort, Gayle poked in but was wrongly flagged. The Toon kept piling forward, with Atsu cutting inside from the left and striking on goal – but defender Cook again managed to block.
Yet, having survived the onslaught, Bournemouth began to carve out some efforts of their own, with Rob Elliot tipping over a Callum Wilson header, then stopping a shot from Joshua King. After the break, Joselu wasted a header from Jonjo Shelvey’s corner – but the Cherries had a golden chance to open the scoring. King caught Newcastle napping with a little clip over the top but Wilson, who was one-on-one with Elliot, fluffed his lines and blasted into the side netting. The Toon kept piling forward, with Atsu cutting inside from the left and striking on goal – but defender Cook again managed to block.
Yet, having survived the onslaught, Bournemouth began to carve out some efforts of their own, with Rob Elliot tipping over a Callum Wilson header, then stopping a shot from Joshua King.
After the break, Joselu wasted a header from Jonjo Shelvey’s corner – but the Cherries had a golden chance to open the scoring.
King caught Newcastle napping with a little clip over the top but Wilson, who was one-on-one with Elliot, fluffed his lines and blasted into the side netting.
From The Sun
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