AFC Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Crystal Palace picked up three crucial points in their final game of 2022 with a 2-0 win at Bournemouth.
Both goals for Palace, who had failed to register any shots on target in their Boxing Day loss to Fulham, came from first-half set pieces.
Jordan Ayew opened the scoring when he nodded in a corner from Michael Olise, who also set up Eberechi Eze for the Eagles’ second.
New Bournemouth owners Bill Foley and actor Michael B. Jordan were introduced on the pitch before kick-off, but the sprinkle of Hollywood stardust did little to lift Gary O’Neil’s side.
Both sides paid tribute to Pele with a minute’s applause before action was under way under a considerable downpour.
We will bring you all the reaction and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
AFC Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace
Next up, Bournemouth travel to Manchester United in the Premier League, with Palace hosting Tottenham.
AFC Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace
Palace scored from two first-half corners to move within a point of the top half and condemn Bournemouth to their fifth defeat in six games. The hosts struggled in the opening 45 minutes, having just one shot. Palace made the most of their poor start, with Ayew heading in Olise’s cross from the left. Switching sides, the former Reading man then found Eze with a low corner 17 minutes later. Unmarked on the edge, the 24-year-old curled the ball through several bodies and past Travers. Bournemouth improved after the break, but it was Palace who went the closest to scoring. Zaha was inches away from turning Mateta’s cutback into the net, with Edouard having a shot blocked at close range by the goalkeeper.
AFC Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace
Christie looks for Moore with an inswinging cross from the right, but it goes over the head of the striker and out for a goal-kick.
AFC Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace
Moore has scored three goals in his last two home Premier League games. Indeed, he's the only Bournemouth player to score more than once at home this season, netting four of the Cherries' nine league goals at the Vitality Stadium. He has had two shots today, missing the target on both occasions.
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