Bournemouth 2-4 Burnley: Championship leaders beat Premier League side in FA Cup

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Anass Zaroury and Manuel Benson some scored doubly arsenic Championship leaders Burnley bushed Premier League strugglers Bournemouth successful a thrilling FA Cup third-round necktie astatine Vitality Stadium.

Benson's opener for the Clarets was cancelled retired by a Ryan Christie effort, earlier Zaroury struck doubly to springiness Burnley a 3-1 half-time lead.

Dominic Solanke chopped the shortage but Benson added a 4th minutes later.

Bournemouth had chances precocious connected but Burnley held connected for a deserved victory.

The effect volition heap further unit connected Bournemouth brag Gary O'Neil with the Cherries having present mislaid 9 of their past 11 matches.

In opposition Vincent Kompany's Burnley, 5 points wide astatine the apical of the Championship, continued to impressment with an assured triumph implicit top-flight opposition, their 12th triumph successful 14 games.

Burnley amusement wherefore they are promotion favourites

Both sets of supporters volition astir apt accidental this effect isn't a shock.

Burnley are the highest goalscorers crossed the apical 4 divisions successful English football, portion Bournemouth person present mislaid their past 5 games crossed 3 competitions.

Bournemouth are looking implicit their shoulders, conscionable 1 constituent supra the Premier League relegation zone; Burnley are flying and deservedly went successful beforehand done Benson's aboriginal finish.

Christie soon levelled, pouncing connected a escaped walk from defender Josh Cullen, lone for Zaroury to reconstruct Burnley's pb by finishing disconnected a good squad move.

Zaroury added his 2nd with a curling effort aft immoderate bully footwork conscionable earlier the break, but Solanke made it 2-3 erstwhile helium headed successful a rebound aft Bailey Peacock-Farrell had saved his archetypal one-on-one.

But conscionable arsenic Bournemouth gained a slither of hope, Benson's side-foot decorativeness 9 minutes aboriginal restored Burnley's two-goal lead.

The hosts astir bounced backmost erstwhile Christie saw an effort cleared disconnected the enactment and Lloyd Kelly's follow-up header deed the woodwork.

Burnley though, who person lone mislaid to Watford, Sheffield United and Manchester United this season, held connected arsenic their supporters chanted "we're going up, you're going down".

They look Coventry successful the Championship adjacent Saturday, portion Bournemouth, who were booed disconnected by immoderate supporters astatine full-time, person a important crippled against Brentford connected the aforesaid time successful the Premier League.

Line-ups

Bournemouth

Formation 4-4-2

1Travers
15A SmithBooked astatine 81mins
3Stephens
25SenesiSubstituted forKellyat 45'minutes
33ZemuraSubstituted forStaceyat 45'minutes
10ChristieSubstituted forDembéléat 69'minutes
4L Cook
14RothwellSubstituted forMooreat 45'minutes
32Anthony
9Solanke
29Billing

Substitutes

5Kelly
6Mepham
11Marcondes
17Stacey
18Lowe
20Dembélé
21Moore
22Pearson
45Plain

Burnley

Formation 4-3-3

15Peacock-Farrell
14Roberts
5Harwood-BellisSubstituted forMcNallyat 27'minutes
36Beyer
3Taylor
8Brownhill
24CullenBooked astatine 89mins
7GudmundssonSubstituted forCorkat 70'minutes
17ManuelSubstituted forTellaat 70'minutes
10Barnes
19ZarourySubstituted forChurlinovat 81'minutesBooked astatine 84mins

Substitutes

4Cork
6Egan-Riley
11Twine
21McNally
23Tella
26Bastien
27Churlinov
30Dervisoglu
49Muric

Referee:Tim Robinson

Attendance:10,116

Live Text

Match ends, Bournemouth 2, Burnley 4.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 2, Burnley 4.
Foul by Nathan Tella (Burnley).
Adam Smith (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Connor Roberts (Burnley).
Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Offside, Bournemouth. Jack Stephens tries a done ball, but Dominic Solanke is caught offside.
Josh Cullen (Burnley) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Lewis Cook (Bournemouth).
Josh Cullen (Burnley) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Josh Cullen (Burnley).
Siriki Dembélé (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Nathan Tella (Burnley) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Bournemouth).
Foul by Luke McNally (Burnley).
Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Darko Churlinov.
Darko Churlinov (Burnley) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Foul by Darko Churlinov (Burnley).
Siriki Dembélé (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.