Ex-PGMOL chief disagrees with ‘blatant’ error in Bournemouth’s win over Fulham
Bournemouth ran out 3-1 winners at home against Fulham and propelled themselves to second in the Premier League table.
Bournemouth beat Fulham 3-1, thanks to two goals from Antoine Semenyo and a wonderful strike from Patrick Kluivert.
Fulham had to overcome their injury crisis at striker with Alex Iwobi, Harry Wilson, and Joshua King rotating in their front three.
Fulham fans sang the praises of Tom Cairney, who had to replace Sasa Lukic, who went off injured for the visitors.
Ex-PGMOL chief says Bournemouth should have had a penalty
Bournemouth would have felt hard done by at 1-0 down when Issa Diop seemed to foul striker Evanilson in the box.
Simon Hooper adjudged that it wasn’t a foul and the VAR concurred, but ex-PGMOL chief Keith Hackett disagreed.
Hackett spoke exclusively to Football Insider, saying: “Bournemouth will be disappointed that the match officials did not penalise the blatant push on Evanilson.”
“Whilst viewing angles on the incident produced only a limited amount of views. The push certainly impacted on the Bournemouth player.
“It was a push, and it was a foul. Therefore, the award of a penalty kick should have been the outcome.”
Bournemouth overcame penalty woe thanks to Antoine Semenyo
It was a special comeback from Bournemouth, who turned the match on its head within six minutes late on.
Ryan Sessegnon opened the scoring for Fulham, who lost 3-1 for the second week running after taking the lead.
| Antoine Semenyo vs Fulham | Stat |
| Goals | 2 |
| Assists | 1 |
| xG | 0.66 |
| Passes into final third | 6 |
| Dribble success | 50% |
A double from Semenyo within twenty minutes saw Bournemouth flex their muscle, going second in the Premier League table.
Andoni Iraola would have liked the penalty to make the comeback easier, but the Spaniard will no doubt be happy with the final result.