Bournemouth vs Aston Villa

Bournemouth enjoyed a 2-0 win in their first Premier League game in two years, with goals from Jefferson Lerma and Kieffer Moore enough to sink Aston Villa.

Mark Travers was untroubled in goal and Lerma, one of four survivors from the team relegated two years ago, was accomplished on the right of a three-man defence. Kelly was allowed to swing in a high cross from the byline and both Boubacar Kamara, who along with Diego Carlos wilted on debut, and Matty Cash seemed reluctant to challenge, to the delight of Moore who picked his spot. Gerrard ditched his suit blazer at the break, presumably after delivering a few home truths, at which point Emi Buendía entered in place of Jacob Ramsey, who was booked just before half-time for tugging at Pearson. For Villa it was a moment that typified a frustrating first half and moments earlier Coutinho tripped Tavernier, who was superb on debut after arriving from Middlesbrough this week. Moore’s first goal at this level capped a decade-long journey from the Conference South to the Premier League. Bournemouth deserved victory on their return to this level but for Steven Gerrard, who acknowledged his side need to walk the walk after a positive pre-season, this alarming display will have provided a rude awakening. The hosts flew out of the blocks, Jefferson Lerma leathering in on three minutes after feasting on some poor Villa defending, and they doubled their advantage with 10 minutes to play when Kieffer Moore headed in unchallenged.

Bournemouth 2-0 Aston Villa: Goals either side of half-time from Jefferson Lerma and Kieffer Moore earned the Cherries a deserved victory.

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The Cherries delivered a gutsy performance to beat Steven Gerrard's side in their Premier League opener.

The Cherries leaned on the substitute in their bid to regain some composure on the ball. A constant presence during attacks from both sides, and used his body to spark havoc for the corner leading to Lerma's goal. He put in a few good tackles to get the crowd on their feet after brief lulls, but was cautioned. Adam Smith and Jordan Zemura were crucial in shuttling the Cherries down the field, and the latter was particularly involved defensively. Scott Parker opted to tweak his starting position once again, with the makeshift defender shaping up on the right. Ended up on the turf after taking a heavy blow, but dusted himself off to play on.

Bournemouth vs Aston Villa recap: The Cherries caused quite an upset on the opening day of the 2022-23 Premier League season, as they beat Villa 2-0.

Aston Villa had the lion’s share of possession and shots, but managed just two on target on hardly threatened Scott Parker’s side. The three center backs, Chris Mepham, Lloyd Kelly and Lerma, were timely inside the penalty area (27 clearances between them) as they sat deep with plenty of red shirts surrounding the ball. Bournemouth vs Aston Villa recap: The newly promoted Cherries caused quite an upset on the opening day of the 2022-23 Premier League season, as they beat Villa 2-0 at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.

Free highlights and match report as Jefferson Lerma fired home Bournemouths opener in the second minute; Kieffer Moore scored his first-ever Premier League ...

We need to show our physicality, we need to be horrible to play against. They key thing was performance and us understanding what we need to bring to every game in the Premier League. We're going to do our best to change that narrative." "We're trying to change the narrative. Then a real intelligence, we were clever and managed the game well. "We shot ourselves in the foot by conceding a sloppy second goal. I don't feel we need another game to get up to speed, it was a lack of quality today. The obvious thing to take away is that we need better quality in the final third. Across the 90 minutes we never had enough quality in the final third. We tried to put more invention onto the pitch. I thought Bournemouth defended extremely well but we allowed them to be in a low block early on. We never crossed the ball well enough, we never showed enough invention.

Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard handed debuts to Brazilian defender Diego Carlos and France midfielder Boubacar Kamara for the visit to newly-promoted ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Bournemouth couldn't have wished for a better start to kick off their Premier League campaign, as Lerma fired them 1-0 ahead after just three minutes, as Villa failed to clear the danger from a corner. AFC Bournemouth vs Aston Villa

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We executed the game plan perfectly." It was crucial we got a result," Parker told the BBC. There are many more challenges coming but with that attitude, we have a chance."