Bournemouth became the first promoted Championship winning team to overcome the reigning Premier League champions away from home the following season with their 1-0 victory on Saturday evening.
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“The manager’s key to that, that’s why he’s going to be one of the best managers in the country”.
However, a second clean sheet of the season, especially at the champions, proves they can cut it, says Howe. Can they take confidence from that result? I just got on and got the crowning glory luckily.
Chelsea have won four of their previous five league and cup games against Bournemouth – BBC Sports.
Bournemouth have been steadily improving over the last month, drawing the last two games, and victory over the champions could move them out of the relegation zone.
“I thought we were magnificent defensively, our goalkeeper [Artur Boruc] played a big part in that”.
“I explain the inconsistency with unlucky details”, he said. These are the games you want to be involved in. We are always unlucky in these little details.
“When you get good momentum and good consecutive results, it’s because you have stability in performances”.
“There has been a lot of question marks about our defending this season, but we’ve answered them today which is really pleasing for everybody”.
“They put their bodies on the line and really didn’t succumb to the pressure because Chelsea really did step it up in the second half”. But we saw it out and nicked the goal to thankfully get a much-needed three points. “These are big chances that we have to score”. “I am concerned, of course”. You can imagine now after this defeat at home. Howe, in contrast, was understandably delighted.
“It was certainly a nice feeling at the end of the game”, the 38-year-old said, recalling the second of Junior Stanislas’ levellers after Ross Barkley had briefly restored the visitors’ lead at the Vitality Stadium.
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“If we are in a good place and we perform then we can compete”.
