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Bournemouth 1-1 Sunderland

Premier League match report: Eliezer Mayenda’s opener was cancelled out by an Evanilson header in a drawn match featuring no end of contentious decisions from officialdom. John Brewin reports from the Vitality Stadium …

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Andoni Iraola: 'We started really slowly'

“I don’t think it’s a great point for us,” says the Bournemouth head coach in an interview with TNT Sports. “I think playing at home we were probably closest to scoring the three points but I think we don’t deserve them because we had to pay for our slow start. We started really slow and that’s happening to us lately. Sometimes we are not paying the consequences but today we did. We were able to rescue one point but not the three.”

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Updated at 10.21 EST

Marcus Tavernier: 'It was a tough battle out there'

“I feel like it was a scrappy game from start to finish, it was a tough battle out there,” says the Bournemouth winger in an interview with the BBC. “We knew in the second half we had to come out fast. The gaffer pointed out that we had to put in balls early.

“It’s something we’ve worked on every week, especially as wide players putting the ball into the box for centre-forwards, and luckily it fell for Evanilson for his goal. We never give up. We know the first half wasn’t ourselves. In the second half we knew we needed a reaction and we got that today.

“It’s always the plan to try and win games of football. Today it wasn’t meant to be but we dust ourselves down because we’ve got a quick turnaround.”

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Updated at 10.21 EST

Le Bris is asked for his thoughts on the penalty Sunderland were denied for a blatant Alejandro Jimenez shove in the back of Enzo Le Fee after just two minutes. He says “it’s a shame”. Having made that comment, he adds “I can’t comment because it’s not my decision”.

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Updated at 10.21 EST

Régis Le Bris: 'It was important to show this character'

“It’s a good point because here is a tough place,” says the Sunderland head coach in an interview with TNT Sports. “They have a clear identity, intensity, duel driven, so it’s hard. We tested today the mentality and the character of the squad and we reacted well after a tough run. It was important to show this character and the point is imporatant for us.

“After three defeatys it’s not easy to react and for a newly promoted side, the confidence is always a topic. We worked this week on that idea, that we had to show intensity and match the way they drive their duels. I thyink it was good and after that you have to add quality on the ball and we had some spells but it wasn’t enough. Maybe we didn’t seize our key moments in the second half but at the end our togetherness was strong.”

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Updated at 10.21 EST

Premier League clockwatch: Emillia Hawkins will have updates and reaction from this afternoon’s three o’clock Premier League fixtures, among other matches. Don’t miss a thing …

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Updated at 09.48 EST

Full time: Bournemouth 1-1 Sunderland

It finishes honours even in a match both teams will feel they should have won, even if a a draw seems fair on the balance of play. Sunderland went ahead courttesy of a first-half strike from Eliezer Mayenda, only to concede a second-half equaliser headed that was headed home by Bournemouth substitute Evanilson.

Both teams had chances to win it and both had decent penalty shouts turned down by the officials, while Sunderland got the ball in the net for a second time, only to see Dan Ballard’s effort correctly ruled out for offside. Bournemouth stay in eighth place, while Sunderland leapfrog their old friends from Newcastle to go 11th.

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90+13 min: Gillett orders the corner to be retaken due to shenanigans in the box. It’s swung into the penalty area and Roefs punches clear. Jarred Gillett blows the final whistle and the match finishes all square. Sunderland have put an end to a three-match losing streak, while Bournemouth are now unbeaten in eight but have drawn their 12th match of this Premier League season.

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90+11 min: Rayan shoots from distance and his shot fizzes just wide, taking a nick off a defender on the way. Corner for Bournemouth in the 102nd minute.

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90+10 min: Toth is fouled just inside his own half and Bournemouth have a free-kick. Alex Scott boots the ball into the Sunderland penalty area, where Alderete eventually heads clear.

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90+9 min: Enes Unal tries to hook a wayward Rayan shot from outside the box goalwards but succeeds only in helping the ball wide.

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90+8 min: In to the final designated minute of added time we go and Bournemouth have a free-kick in the centre-circle. The ball’s floated into the Sunderland penalty area and the visitors hack it clear.

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90+5 min: The yellow card is out again. Alex Scott is booked for dragging out of Mayenda’s shirt. A VAR check for a Ballard “foul” on Unal decides the Sunderland defender didn’t drag the Bournemouth substitute to the ground as the ball was coming into the box in the build-up to that counter-attack. Hmmm, I’m not so sure about that …

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Updated at 09.25 EST

90+3 min: Bournemouth appeal for a penalty as the ball is kicked against Dan Ballard’s arm, which was by his side. They have to settle for a corner, which Ballard heads clear. Senesi goes to ground holding his jaw and replays show he shipped an accidental elbow from Roefs as he tried to get off his line to reach the ball.

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90+1 min: Andoni Iraola is booked for some indiscretion or other and we’ll have a minimum of eight minutes of added time. Can either team win this match? Will Bournemouth make it a round dozen of draws in this top flight season?

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90 min: Jimenez is dispossessed by Angulo, allowing Enzo Le Fee to break upfield. Christie slides in to foul him and is booked.

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88 min: There’s a bit of a scramble in the Sunderland box as Toth picks out Unal, who jinks this way and that but is unable to get a shot away from 10 yards out. That’s some serious last-ditch defending from Sunderland.

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87 min: Oh dear. Enzo Le Fee and Nilson Angulo try one from off the training ground that probably should have stayed there for another couple of weeks at least. Another promising dead ball situation goes to waste for Sunderland.

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86 min: Toth is immediately booked for hauling back Geertruida. Sunderland have a free-kick about 35 yards from the Bournemouth goal.

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84 min: Bournemouth substitution: Evanilson limps off after coming off the bench to score Bournemouth’s equaliser. The Hungarian Alex Toth, a recent arrival from Robbie Keane’s Ferencvaros, replaces him.

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83 min: Bournemouth corner. Alex Scott’s inswinger sails straight into the raised gloves of Roefs.

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82 min: From the free-kick, Bournemouth half-clear and Sunderland recycle the ball. Ballard scrambles the ball into the net with a header from close range but his effort is correctly ruled out for offside.

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Updated at 09.11 EST

80 min: Senesi fouls Angulo, obstructing his run. Free-kick for Sunderland wide on the left. Bournemouth double-substitution: Enes Unal and Amine Adli on for Kroupi and Tavernier. Having taken ther captain’s armband from Brooks, Tavernier hands it on to Ryan Christie.

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79 min: There’s a break in play while Evanilson receives treatment for an injury. He’s OK to carry on.

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78 min: Enzo Le Fee takes a corner for Sunderland. His inswinger is met by the unmarked Ballard, who skims his header across the face of goal and wide. It was a great chance and I fully expected him to bury that.

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77 min: A Noah Sadiki ball over the top ricochets off the back of Jimenez as he runs back towards his ownb goal. Good defending, albeit totally unwitting defending .

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75 min: Yep, it was for time-wasting. A wild Truffart cross from the left sails high over the Sunderland cross-bar. Sunderland substitution: Nilson Angulo comes on for Granit Xhaka, who doesn’t want to leave the pitch but is nursing a sore ankle following that challenge from Tyler Adams.

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73 min: Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs is booked. I think it’s for time-wasting.

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72 min: Bournemouth ramp up the pressure. Moments after Kroupi had come close to connecting with a Jimenez pull-back, Alex Scott sends a shot from distance drifting high and wide.

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70 min: Alejandro Jimenez unleashes a low shot from distance that fizzes just wide of the right post. It wasn’t too far away but I think Roefs had it covered.

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Updated at 08.59 EST

69 min: Sunderland substitution: Bertrand Traore on for Chemsdine Talbi. It’s his first appearance since Sunderland beat Newcastle in mid-December.

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68 min: Robin Roefs has been little short of outstanding in goal for Sunderland this season but he was badly caught out in the build-up to that goal by a curled Marcus Tavernier cross of the very highest quality. It was a wonderful assist.

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The goal stands!!! There was a hint of handball about that Evanilson header which was less than clean but it would have been extremely harsh, bordering on cruel, for VAR to recommend ruling it out. It’s all square at the Vitality Stadium.

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GOAL! Bournemouth 1-1 Sunderland (Evanilson 64)

Evanilson scores! Marcus Tavernier sends an inviting cross into the Sunderland penalty area, luring Roefs off his line. The goalkeeper misjudges the flight of the ball and Evanilson leaps to steer the ball home with a combination of head, shoulder and – dare I say it –arm?

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Updated at 08.55 EST

63 min: The past 15 minutes have been extremely scrappy, a state of affairs that will suit Sunderlan … uh-oh! Bournemouth have equalised!

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62 min: Bournemouth substitution: Ryan Christie replaces Tyler Adams in what is probably a wise move by Andoni Iraola. The American was a red card waiting to happen.

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60 min: VAR seem to have agreed that while Adams’ challenge was reckless, it was mitigated by the shove he got from Diarra. That seems fair enough although Xhaka begged to differ with the referee once he’d returned to his feet.

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58 min: Xhaka goes down under a scything challenge from Tyler Adams and repeatedly slaps the turf in pain. Adams is claiming he got a shove in the back from Diarra, which increased the velocity of his challenge. He gets booked and I think he’s lucky not to get a red. That was a nasty challenge and he caught Xhaka’s ankle.

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57 min: To the other side of the pitch, where Trai Hume takes a Sunderland throw-in, with his head coach standing just a couple of metres behind him. It’s all going on at the the Vitality Stadium!!!

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55 min: Sunderland win a throw-in just inside the Bournemouth half, which Geertruida takes. Moments later, they win another. There’s not a lot else of note to report in the early stages of this second half.

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53 min: Sunderland’s fans are in fine voice and have been serenading their team’s goalscorer, Eliezer Mayenda with his own song. Altogether now: “My name’s Eliezer Mayenda, I hate Sam Fender, I play up front for Sunlun!”

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51 min: Tavernier stretches out a leg to hook a cross from deep back across the Sunderland penalty area but there’s nobody on hand in a black and red shirt to take advantage.

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51 min: James Hill takes a long throw into the opposition penalty area from near the corner flag but Sunderland are able to clear their lines.

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49 min: Adams and Jimenez combine out on the right flank before working the ball inside to Senesi. He sends a high ball looping into the Sunderland penalty area, where Roefs leaps to claim under pressure from Evanilson.

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47 min: Enzo Le Fee picks out a Diarra run in behind the Bournemouth defence. The Senegal international finds himself one on one with Petrovic and forces the Bournemouth goalkeeper into a good save. He should have scored!

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47 min: Chemsdine Talbi curls a cross into the Bournemouth penalty from the left but his delivery is far too close to Petrovic, who gathers with a minimum of fuss.

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Second half: Bournemouth 0-1 Sunderland

46 min: Play resumes and Bournemouth have made a change, bringing on Evanilson for David Brooks.

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Half-time: Bournemouth 0-1 Sunderland

A fairly even match reaches half-time with Sunderland in front courtesy of an Eliezer Mayenda tap-in after excellent work from Dan Ballard and Habib Diarra. Both sides have had decent penalty appeals turned down, with the shout going against Sunderland for a blatant Jimenez shove on Le Fee being the more egregious. Bournemouth have passed up a couple of half-decent opportunities to equalise and Sunderland are just about worth their lead.

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Updated at 08.26 EST

45+2 min: Jimenez advances up the inside left and plays the ball wide to Rayan again. He drills in a low cross from the byline but Kroupi is unable to steer the ball on target from a very tight angle. It’s half-time.

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45 min: Jimenez sprays the ball wide for Rayan and Bournemouth win a corner. Brooks’ inswinger from the left is headed back towards him by a Sunderland defender.

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43 min: Bournemouth win a free-kick wide on the left. Truffart curls the ball towards Rayan, who wins the header and sends the ball acrossd the face of goal. It only meets the head of Mayenda and Roefs tidies up.

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41 min: Enzo Le Fee curls a corner towards the near post, where Alex Scott hoofs it clear. It would be fair to say that Sunderland are not making the most of their set-piece opportunities so far this afternoon.

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39 min: David Brooks curls a cross from the left into the Sunderland penalty area but is unable to pick out Eli Kroupi, who is beaten by the bounce of the ball at the far post.

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36 min: Bournemouth have a penalty appeal of their own turned down as Granit Xhaka appears to wrestle Rayan to the ground at a James Hill long-throw. I’ve seen them given but they usually aren’t.

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35 min: Marcus Tavernier curls a free-kick from just outside the penalty area around the outside of the defensive wall and on target. Roefs punches it away. Noah Sadiki was booked for kicking the ball away after Geertruida had fouled Tyler Adams to concede the free-kick.

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32 min: With the ball at his feet way outside his penalty area, Roefs is pressed hard by Kroupi and both men go to ground. Bournemouth’s players appeal somewhat optimistically for a red card, Sunderland get a free-kick.

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31 min: Alex Scott pulls a low shot from a just outside the Sunderland penalty area a couple of feet wide of the upright. It was a fairly weak effort, which I think Roefs would have dealt with.

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29 min: Had Scott managed to beat Roefs with that effort, Bournemouth’s equaliser would have been a near replica of Sunderland’s opener.

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