EPL: Brighton 2-2 Bournemouth
Callum Wilson scored the leveller for Bournemouth
Bournemouth came from a goal down on two occasions to claim a 2-2 draw against Brighton at The Amex on New Year's Day.
Steve Cook (33) and Callum Wilson (79) struck as Eddie Howe's men dug deep after Anthony Knockaert (5) and Glenn Murray (48) put Brighton in the driving seat early in both halves.
The result lifts Bournemouth up to 13th in the Premier League, a point and a place behind their south-coast rivals, who will rue a number of missed chances to kick 2018 off with a victory.
Knockaert picked up a knock in the warm-up but emphatically allayed those pre-match injury fears inside five minutes when he fired Jose Izquierdo's cross home from a narrow angle - the first Premier League goal of 2018.
Wilson failed to connect with Charlie Daniels' 12th-minute cross as the Cherries pushed for an equaliser, before referee Michael Oliver rejected the visitors' penalty appeals after Harry Arter's shot struck Knockaert's arm.
Asmir Begovic and Mathew Ryan were both called into action to deny shots from Murray and Jordon Ibe before Cook haunted his former employers by hauling Bournemouth level with a stunning looping header.
The impressive Pascal Gross remained at the heart of the Brighton attack and so nearly set up Izquierdo for a second, but a brilliant point-blank save from Begovic ensured parity at the interval.
Just as they had in the first half, Brighton flew out of the traps and got their just reward as Izquierdo unselfishly squared for Murray to slot his sixth Premier League goal of the season.
Brighton had two chances to pull further clear of Bournemouth but Shane Duffy's volley on the hour was blocked before Izquierdo opted to shoot instead of teeing up Davy Propper at the end of a counter, and Begovic thwarted his effort.
Ibe struck the post with a thunderous 25-yard drive on 73 minutes before Bournemouth punished Brighton's profligacy as Wilson fortuitously poked home to snatch a point.
The result lifts Bournemouth up to 13th in the Premier League, a point and a place behind their south-coast rivals, who will rue a number of missed chances to kick 2018 off with a victory.
Knockaert picked up a knock in the warm-up but emphatically allayed those pre-match injury fears inside five minutes when he fired Jose Izquierdo's cross home from a narrow angle - the first Premier League goal of 2018.
Wilson failed to connect with Charlie Daniels' 12th-minute cross as the Cherries pushed for an equaliser, before referee Michael Oliver rejected the visitors' penalty appeals after Harry Arter's shot struck Knockaert's arm.
Asmir Begovic and Mathew Ryan were both called into action to deny shots from Murray and Jordon Ibe before Cook haunted his former employers by hauling Bournemouth level with a stunning looping header.
The impressive Pascal Gross remained at the heart of the Brighton attack and so nearly set up Izquierdo for a second, but a brilliant point-blank save from Begovic ensured parity at the interval.
Just as they had in the first half, Brighton flew out of the traps and got their just reward as Izquierdo unselfishly squared for Murray to slot his sixth Premier League goal of the season.
Brighton had two chances to pull further clear of Bournemouth but Shane Duffy's volley on the hour was blocked before Izquierdo opted to shoot instead of teeing up Davy Propper at the end of a counter, and Begovic thwarted his effort.
Ibe struck the post with a thunderous 25-yard drive on 73 minutes before Bournemouth punished Brighton's profligacy as Wilson fortuitously poked home to snatch a point.