Everton 2-3 Bournemouth
by James Nalton
at  Goodison Park

GOODISON PARK was in shock after Everton fans saw their team throw away a 2-0 lead that would have given them a first win of the season.

Instead, they go into the international break with a record of three defeats from three games.

Bournemouth scored three times in 10 minutes at the end of the game, with Luis Sinisterra heading the winner in the sixth minute of added time.

Once their first went in, there was a foreboding feeling in the home areas of Goodison Park, as if the story had already been written and was just waiting for the rest of the opposition goals to be scored.

Prior to this collapse, Everton were impressive, and new signing Iliman Ndiaye lit up the game before being subbed in the 85th minute.

Goals from Michael Keane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin had given Everton what was a much-deserved lead amid plenty of chances for the home side.

Ndiaye was operating down the left with Dwight McNeil shifted into the centre behind Calvert-Lewin. 

It gave the team a rare combination of solidity and flair. Ndiaye was a magnet to the ball, tidy in possession and able to take players on.

He was helped by another new signing, Tim Iroegbunam, who excelled in midfield until tiring late on. 

The young midfielder then looked as lost as the rest of his teammates during the late Bournemouth onslaught.

Once the first of Bournemouth’s goals went in from Antoine Semenyo, Goodison Park began to get twitchy.

Everton manager Sean Dyche himself said he could “smell it in the air. You could feel it’s not right.

“We’re doing one-twos and overlapping when we needed to keep our shape and do the ugly side of the game.”

The visitors had numerous chances to score in those final minutes with Marcus Tavernier missing an opportunity from a header and Semenyo forcing a good save from Jordan Pickford.

But headed goals from Lewis Cook and the final blow from Sinisterra completed Bournemouth’s comeback, leaving Goodison Park stunned.