Evanilson, a record-breaking acquisition for Bournemouth, scored the first goal of his career as the Cherries defeated Southampton 3-1 on Monday. In the first 39 minutes, the Brazilian international set off a three-goal barrage for the home team, including goals from Antoine Semenyo and Dango Ouattara.
Although the Saints scored a goal early in the second half through Taylor Harwood-Bellis, they are still in the bottom three and have not won since returning to the Premier League. Bournemouth’s second victory of the season moves them up to 11th place, above Manchester United.
As the replacement for Dominic Solanke, who left for Tottenham last month for a club-record amount, Evanilson has a lot of work ahead of him.
The 40 million-pound striker’s debut did not go well as Bournemouth’s last home game ended in a 1-0 loss to Chelsea due to his missed penalty.
But on minute seventeen, he cast those memories to the wind by pouncing on a quickly taken free-kick by Marcus Tavernier.
We had been anticipating this from Evanilson,” said Tommy Elphick, the deputy manager for Bournemouth filling in for suspended manager Andoni Iraola.
“He runs so cute and is very intelligent. I’m happy for him since we haven’t been able to locate him enough.”
Then Ouattara was in the ideal position to divert Aaron Ramsdale’s shot from Lewis Cook.
Semenyo, who has filled the void left by Solanke, scored his third goal in six Premier League games this season with a ferocious drive that reached the bottom corner.
For Southampton, it was a well-known story because their superior possession ratio did not translate into many points.
After six games, Russell Martin’s team has just one point, placing them in second place.
The first-half performance following the first goal has damaged me. Martin remarked, “I didn’t recognize our team.”
“Neither bravery nor aggression was present. On the pitch, they scanned their surroundings and tried to save themselves. It wasn’t to my taste. In the second half, they battled, but it was too late.”
For the first time since 1997–1998, all three of the promoted teams were relegated from the Premier League in the previous season.
Preliminary data for this season also indicates that rising teams are finding it more and more difficult to bridge the gap between the Championship and the top division.
Despite not winning any of their first six league games, Ipswich and Leicester are at least not in the bottom three.
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