The crushing setback to Wilson came within a sloppy opening 10 minutes, with the striker quickly signalling to the bench following an innocuous challenge from Philipp Wollscheid.
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The Chelsea star on loan at new Premier League side AFC Bournemouth is yet to make an appearance in English Premier League this season after transferring from his loan deal at Everton to join the club.
Bournemouth have already suffered long-term injuries to Max Gradel and Tyrone Mings.
Howe said: “It doesn’t look good”. He’s in pain, in a brace and on crutches.
Stoke City registered their first league win of the season with a 2-1 win over Bournemouth, who lost Callum Wilson to a serious-looking knee injury.
The start of the second half felt like a different game as neither side were really able to craft any scoring chances, with Stoke settling for a more defensive approach in search of their first win of the season.
Gosling tested the Stoke ‘keeper again moments later but this time Butland held on well to keep the home side level, and that would prove crucial as Diouf rounded off a superb counter-attack by heading home a Glen Johnson cross seven minutes from the end.
“Very important three points today”. Yes, the Potters still include several technically lacking players in their starting XI (especially among their back-line), but through the additions of Xherdan Sahqiri, Ibrahim Afellay, Marko Arnautovic and of course the wonderful talent that is Bojan – this is a team certainly trying to improve their public image.
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“We probably played with a little bit of apprehension in the second half and tried to protect the lead more than we should have done and I think that allowed them to have just a little bit of the play and allowed them back into the game”.
