Match Report: Bournemouth beat Everton 4-1 in routing of Frank Lampard's side

Gary O’Neill convincingly turned around Bournemouth’s poor run of form after beating Frank Lampard’s Everton 4-1 in the Carabao Cup in a game where the away side where uncharacteristically poor defensively.

Gary O'Neill's Red Army huddling before kick-off | Photo by: Zach Sampson

The first chance of the game fell to Bournemouth in the 5th minute as Ryan Christie played an in-swinging corner that found Jamal Lowe who tried to flick it on the inside of the near post however it goes just wide.

On his first start back from injury Junior Stanislas plays the ball into Jamal Lowe on the edge of the 18-yard-box, who’s side footed shot takes a big deflection off Garner’s foot that looped the ball over Begovic’s head and clips the bottom of the cross bar and bounces into the back of the net putting Bournemouth 1-0 up in the 8th minute, giving Lowe his first goal since march 12th.

In the 13th minute, Ryan Christie makes a poor pass on the edge of the box and it fell nicely to James Garner who’s left footed effort had to be tipped over the bar by Travers

Just three minutes later, Nathan Patterson picks the ball up from right-back and makes a powerful run through the heart of Bournemouth’s midfield, he then laid it off to Gordon however his effort is fantastically blocked by Welsh international, Chris Mepham.

Jamal Lowe's first goal in pictures | Photo by: Zach Sampson

After a sustained period of possession and pressure from Lampard’s Everton side, Gary O’Neil changed Bournemouth’s formation from a 4-2-3-1 to a 5-3-2, with Jaidon Anthony going to RWB and Junior Stanislas joining Jamal Lowe up front. After the change, the Cherries controlled the ball and subdued any weak pressure that Everton mustered up.

Groans from the Everton started to immerge around five minutes from half-time as the players continually passing the ball round the back and any time they do venture forward their passes lack quality and consistently overturn the ball.

On the stroke of half-time Everton’s frustrations seemed to amalgamate as Anthony Gordon makes a two-footed challenge through the back of Jordan Zemura however the forward is lucky to get away with just a yellow card.

The half-time whistle was met by a chorus of boos from the away end, with Bournemouth comfortably 1-0 up and Everton lacking any quality.

Everton got the second off to a calamitous start as Asmir Begovic played the ball to Mason Holgate on the edge of the box who slips, giving the ball to Ryan Christie who then quickly plays the ball to Jamal Lowe however his scuffed shot trickles to the back post, straight into the path of Junior Stanislas who taps the ball into an empty net making it 2-0 in the 47th minute.

Jamal Lowe celebrating a successful game | Photo by: Zach Sampson

Lampard quickly reacted to this bringing on Alex Iwobi, Dwight McNeil and Demarai Gray and taking off James Garner, Anthony Gordon and Mason Holgate.

In the 60th minute Jordan Zemura picked up the ball from left-back, drove through the middle of Everton’s defence and slipped in Jaidon Anthony. However, Begovic was quick off his line and blocked the shot.

Just three minutes later, Zemura picked the ball up on the edge of the Everton box, got past Yerry Mina with about 20 step-overs and chipped the ball into the middle of the box which met the head of Jamal Lowe, who was in acres of space, however the ball sailed over the crossbar in what was a golden opportunity squandered.

The away side were finding a lot of joy down Bournemouth’s right-hand side with Iwobi, Vinagre and Gray consistently linking up.

Everton got themselves back into the game in the 67th minute when Iwobi picked up the ball in the middle of the Bournemouth half and quickly passed the ball to Neil Maupay. The Frenchman then played the ball to Demarai Gray who curled the ball into the top right-hand corner past a fully stretched Mark Travers to make it 2-1.

Everton really grew into the game after their goal as they desperately looked for an equaliser with Maupay taking a speculative shot soon after the goal however it sailed high over the crossbar.

One of the most inform players in the Premier League at the moment, Alex Iwobi | Photo by: Zach Sampson

Siriki Dembele finished the game off for the Cherries and sent some of the away fans home early in the 79thminute, when he picked up the ball on the edge of the box and played it to a, once again, unmarked Jamal Lowe whose left footed effort was palmed away by Begovic but only into the path of Emiliano Marcondes who taps it into the back of the net, making it 3-1.

Dembele really gave a masterclass in the art of being a super sub in the 82nd minute as he dispossessed Patterson and drove to the edge of the box, sat the defender down on the floor then rolled the ball into the path of Jaidon Anthony who topped his excellent performance off by placing the ball into the back of the net to make it 4-1.

The final whistle confirmed what everyone already knew as Bournemouth sealed their place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

Emi Marcondes putting the Cherries 3-1 up | Photo by: Zach Sampson

Choosing man of the match was a hard decision because there were a multitude of players who played exceptionally with Jaidon Anthony, Jamal Lowe, Junior Stanislas and Ben Pearson all unlucky to miss out. For me, Jordan Zemura picks up the award; he was a driving force at left-back and was a threat for his whole time on the pitch and I don't think its a surprise Everton scored two minutes after he came off the pitch.

They face Everton again, however this time in Premier League action, at the Vitality Stadium this Saturday at 15.00.