"At Bournemouth, where Fulham had lost on their last three visits, Marco Silva's team were tweaking the noses of Andoni Iraola. They had suffered in the wind and rain only to take the lead through Ryan Sessegnon's well-crafted goal. Silva's substitutions had turned the game in Fulham's favour, Samuel Chukwueze combining with Sessegnon almost as soon as he arrived into a pitched battle of a contest."
"Step forward Antoine Semenyo, one of the Premier League's players of the season so far. His slaloming run down the byline and drop of the shoulder confounded Bernd Leno to score from the narrowest of angles. Next, the Ghanaian sent Justin Kluivert away to smash in a gorgeous long-range strike. Semenyo's injury-time second, from a trademark warp-speed counter, supplied by another sub in Ben Gannon-Doak, completed a sweet home win."
"He is incredible, said Kluivert, no slouch himself, of Semenyo. He shows it every game now. He is just world class. Iraola said: He has been improving every season, every season he has got better. I make him not look too much at the numbers. If we are playing well collectively, the numbers will arrive. For a sodden Silva, clad all evening in a light sweater that would have needed to be wrung out because of the inclement conditions, his kingdom for a striker."
Fulham took the lead through Ryan Sessegnon's well-crafted goal despite wind and rain. Bournemouth responded with strategic substitutions and renewed energy, with Samuel Chukwueze combining with Sessegnon after arriving. Antoine Semenyo scored a narrow-angled opener from a slaloming byline run, set up Justin Kluivert for a gorgeous long-range strike, and added a late counter-attack second supplied by Ben Gannon-Doak. The win elevated Bournemouth to second place in the Premier League. Squad depth and effective in-game management proved decisive. Fulham faced a striker injury crisis that required Josh King to play a withdrawn false-nine role, limiting his effectiveness.
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