Superb Semenyo salvages win for Bournemouth on wet and windy night

By Canadian Press on October 3, 2025.

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Bournemouth came from 1-0 down and scored three late goals to defeat Fulham 3-1 in a pulsating and blustery Premier League encounter on Friday.

Antoine Semenyo scored twice and was outstanding for the home side which moved into second place in the table and extended its unbeaten run to six games since losing against champion Liverpool on the opening weekend.

There was little goalmouth action in the first half as both sides struggled to impose themselves in the wet and windy conditions that assailed England’s south coast.

But the game sparked into life in the last quarter, with Ryan Sessegnon giving Fulham the lead after 70 minutes when he ran into the box to poke home a neat pass from Samuel Chukwueze.

However, the home side got back into the game eight minutes later when a spritely Semenyo scored from the tightest of angles, knocking the ball through goalkeeper Bernd Leno’s legs.

Then substitute Justin Kluivert gave Bournemouth the lead when he smashed home a long-range strike with six minutes left on the clock.

Semenyo added a third in the sixth minute of stoppage time when he finished off a counterattack by coolly burying a pass from Ben Gannon-Doak. The goals took Semenyo’s league tally to six in seven games.

It was an infuriating case of déjà vu for Fulham, which has lost five of the last eight games in which it scored first.

The Cottagers have dropped more points from wining positions than any other club except Brentford since the start of last season. Its sits in 11th place.

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