AFC Bournemouth vs Luton Town LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Luton Town squandered a three-goal lead to lose 4-3 at Bournemouth as they blew their chance to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone.
It looked so good for Luton on an emotional night as first-half goals by Tahith Chong, Chiedozie Ogbene and Ross Barkley put them in complete control on the south coast.
Bournemouth were booed off at halftime but were stung into action immediately after the break when Dominic Solanke struck and they were level before the midway point of the second half thanks to goals by Illia Zabarnyi and Antoine Semenyo.
Luton were reeling and there was a sense of inevitability about Semenyo netting the winner in the 83rd minute.
The game was re-scheduled after the initial fixture was abandoned after 59 minutes in December when Luton captain Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch.
Lockyer was present on Wednesday and received a standing ovation before kickoff as he met the medics who saved his life.
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AFC Bournemouth vs Luton Town
Annnnnd breathe! It's all over at the Vitality Stadium and Bournemouth have completed the comeback of the season to win 4-3 after trailing 3-0 at the break! How on earth do you sum that up? Suppose we'd better try...well, at the break it looked certain that Luton were headed for a crucial three points that would have taken them out of the drop zone as goals from Chong, Ogbene and Barkley had them in cruise control. But by 64 minutes the scores were level as Solanke, Zabarnyi and Semenyo completely turned the game on its head. It was the latter who then completed an unbelievable turnaround in the 83rd minute to earn a win that surely means Bournemouth will be playing Premier League football once again next season as they are now 14 points above the bottom three in 13th. For Luton - whose xG of 2.10 was lower than their opponents' 2.66 - where on earth do you go from here? It was all in their hands and they've let it slip. The potential for points deductions against Everton and Nottingham Forest might yet still play a huge part in the final standings but they had a great opportunity to massively help their cause and they let it slip. They host Forest at Kenilworth Road on Saturday in what is an absolutely must-win game for Rob Edwards and his side. What a classic game of Barclays that was, thanks for joining folks!
AFC Bournemouth vs Luton Town
Oh that should have been game over! Bournemouth had a huge numerical advantage. It comes to Unal again the area from Billing's pass, his shot goalwards is denied by the foot of Kaminski. Can Luton add one final twist after that wastefulness from the home side?
AFC Bournemouth vs Luton Town
Iraola looks like he's trying to shut up shop for these final few moments as Christie - an attacking midfielder - goes off for defender Hill.
AFC Bournemouth vs Luton Town
There were nine minutes added on for injury time, so there is still time for Luton to rescue something but that opportunity is fading pretty fast now...
AFC Bournemouth vs Luton Town
Semenyo does brilliantly to track down Doughty, it drops for Unal, who applies a pretty poor finish in truth.
AFC Bournemouth vs Luton Town
Bournemouth go the bench now and it's Solanke - who started this wonderful comeback - who takes a seat for Billing.
AFC Bournemouth vs Luton Town
Luton have a free-kick in a dangerous area but it's easily out by Mepham.
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