Dean Huijsen heads Bournemouth to victory towards Tottenham

Teenage defender Dean Huijsen grew to become Bournemouth’s youngest Premier League goalscorer by heading his facet to a 1-0 victory over Tottenham on the Vitality Stadium. Andoni Iraola’s Cherries had upset title hopefuls Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis in two of their earlier three fixtures on dwelling soil. Spain Beneath-21 worldwide Huijsen, aged 19 years and 235 days, secured an additional scalp for the south-coast membership with a Seventeenth-minute winner as inconsistent Spurs suffered one other setback of a patchy season to this point. Bournemouth leapfrogged Ange Postecoglou’s guests into ninth place following a deserved success which ought to have been extra comfy. Ryan Christie struck the woodwork and the spectacular hosts did not capitalise on a bunch of probabilities, whereas toothless Tottenham created little going ahead. Inconsistent Spurs hammered champions Manchester Metropolis 4-0 of their earlier away fixture however that was their solely win in 5 video games in all competitions forward of the journey to Dorset. Dominic Solanke was handed match to face his former membership after lacking Sunday’s 1-1 draw at dwelling to Fulham resulting from sickness, with captain Son Heung-min dropping to the bench as a part of three modifications. The north London membership began within the ascendancy and, after the recalled Dejan Kulusevski shot straight at Cherries goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, Solanke fired wastefully over, having been launched by stand-in skipper James Maddison. Bournemouth regarded full of life on the counter-attack and edged forward. Spurs goalkeeper Fraser Forster initially produced a high-quality save to disclaim Evanilson following dithering from Radu Dragusin however, from the resultant inswinging nook taken by Marcus Tavernier, Huijsen, a summer season signing from Juventus, arrived unmarked on the again publish to nod dwelling. Whereas Tottenham continued to dominate possession, the Cherries remained the better menace. Tavernier had the ball within the web 14 minutes after the opener however was clearly offside, earlier than later seeing a close-range header from Milos Kerkez’s cross clawed away by Forster. Regardless of Tottenham’s shortcomings, Postecoglou opted towards modifications on the break. His crew resumed on the entrance foot, albeit nonetheless wanting vulnerable on the break, with Justin Kluivert, who hit a hat-trick of penalties in Saturday’s 4-2 win at Wolves, coming near doubling the Cherries’ lead. Son changed Pape Sarr within the 57th minute and instantly elevated the tempo of Tottenham’s play. The South Korea worldwide completed on the rebound two minutes after his introduction following Kulusevski’s preliminary effort however was denied by an offside flag, earlier than later slipping in Maddison, who curled narrowly large. Fellow substitute Pedro Porro examined Kepa with a thumping low drive, previous to Christie placing the bottom of the left publish on the different finish. Tottenham survived a significant scare 18 minutes from time when Evanilson’s close-range end was disallowed for offside after Forster’s dangerous cross to Kulusevski was intercepted. Bournemouth ought to have put the sport past Spurs, with Tavernier and substitute Dango Ouattara every squandering glorious alternatives by firing over. The misses ensured loads of stress throughout six minutes of added time however mattered little ultimately as Spurs couldn’t muster a significant try to grab a degree.