AFCON 2025
Bournemouth ended Nottingham Forest’s Nine-game unbeaten run at the Vitality Road on Saturday evening.
The Tricky Trees crashed from cloud nine as they suffered a heavy defeat courtesy of Dango Ouattara’s hat trick.
Ouattara was like life wire for Ola Aina and his partners with his electrifying pace.
Bournemouth started the match the better side and showed their intention to bag maximum points as they took an early lead.
Justin Kluivert continued his amazing form this season as he gave the Cherries the lead with a sublime strike from range.
Ghanaian winger Antoine Semenyo raced through Nottingham Forest’s defense and released a shot towards goal but Matz Sels pulled an amazing save.
Nikola Milenkovic almost equalized for the visitors a few minutes into the second half but Kepa Arizzabalaga kept his header away from crossing the goal line.
Dango Ouattara met Justin Kluivert’s lofted cross into the box with a precise header which landed in the back of net.
Moments later Justin Kluivert’s second goal was chalked off by VAR for offside.
However, Bournemouth continued their onslaught on the visitors.
Tyler Adams found Dango Ouattara in space with a lovely pass and the Burkina Faso forward buried the ball into the bottom-right corner to him the Cherries a 3-0 lead.
Anthony Elanga’s strike to reduce the deficit cane off the post on the 71st minute as AndonI Iraola’s men held on to their lead.
Matz Sels gifted Dango Ouattara his third goal on the night from a huge error with about three minutes to go.
Antoine Semenyo bagged his brace with a striker into the bottom-right corner from Marcus Tarvenier’s brilliant cross into the box.
The match ended 5-0 as Bournemouth recorded their 8th win in 12 matches.
