Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Wolverhampton Wanderers face AFC Bournemouth today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth
After 106 minutes of football, it’s Bournemouth who walk away with all three points here in Wolverhampton as the match ends 2-4 to the visitors. The game opened with end to end action as the Cherries took the lead just three minutes in via a Kluivert penalty. Wolves pulled one back and got things on level terms less than two minutes later, but some really poor defensive errors from Sa would see the home side give away two more penalties. Kerkez gave Bournemouth the lead with a powerful shot at the near post from a tight angle, before Evanilson won another penalty by catching Sa unaware. Kluivert slotted it home again to make it a brace for himself and it was 1-3 at the break. Wolves started the second half strongly, with Guedes making an immediate impact as a substitute to read Strand Larsen’s checked run and set him up for a powerful finish. It looked like Wolves may have gotten themselves back into the game, but it wasn’t to be. A misplaced back pass from Dawson would see Sa forced into another defensive error, again being pressed by the energetic Evanilson, and another penalty was awarded to Bournemouth. Kluivert made history by being the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick of penalties and Evanilson joined him by becoming the first player to win three penalties in a Premier League match. Wolves never looked like coming back after that, and the final scoreline read 2-4 to the visitors. Bournemouth, helped by the penalties, generated an xG of 3.19, while Wolves could only manage 0.45 xG of their own. This win sees Bournemouth move up to 11th in the table, while Wolves drop one spot to 18th. That’s all from us tonight — thank you for joining this live commentary, we hope you’ve enjoyed it!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth
Forbs tries to cross into the box but it's overhit and the ball rolls out of play. And that will be the final kick of the match!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth
The game is petering out now, with many fans already making their way out of Molineux. Kepa sends the ball long as Bournemouth will just try to see out the remaining few minutes.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth
Wolves look to desperately get the ball upfield, but the delivery is poor and Strand Larsen can't do much with that. The Norwegian has not had much service in the second half.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth
It looks like we'll have eight minutes of additional time here in Wolverhampton.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth
Kluivert is the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick of penalties in a single match, while Evanilson also the first to win three penalties in the same game in the competition.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs AFC Bournemouth
The corner is whipped in and it falls again for Unal, but his shot is well off target.
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