EPL: Bournemouth 2-2 Newcastle
Dan Gosling celebrates his equalising goal for Bournemouth
A late goal from Dan Gosling snatched a point for Bournemouth as they held Newcastle to a 2-2 draw in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Magpies cruised into a 2-0 first-half lead thanks to a Dwight Gayle double (17, 45+1) and looked to be heading for victory but with ten minutes to play, Adam Smith hammered home via the underside of the crossbar (80).
Bournemouth then piled on the pressure and former Magpie Gosling tapped in with just a minute remaining to see the points shared.
Although Newcastle are now four games without defeat in the Premier League, results elsewhere mean they drop to 15th in the table with 29 points, while Bournemouth remain 10th.
Bournemouth had their best spell of the first half early on and had two good chances in the opening ten minutes. Gosling could only send a darting Junior Stanislas cross over the bar with his head, before Martin Dubravka was forced into a low save to keep out a shot from Callum Wilson after Stanislas' free-kick.
But Newcastle deservedly took the lead in the 17th minute. Jonjo Shelvey played a sublime ball over the top for Matt Ritchie to latch onto down the right-hand side. He then flashed a ball across the face of goal, and after ricocheting off Asmir Begovic and Steve Cook, the ball landed at the feet of Gayle, who back-heeled it into the net.
He added his second on the stroke of half-time after Bournemouth failed to properly clear a Newcastle corner. It allowed Paul Dummett to float a cross to Ayoze Perez at the back post, who then slotted the ball across the face of goal - and under the body of Begovic - for Gayle to tap home.
Both sides had chances to score the next goal throughout the second half. The best for Newcastle came in the 72nd minute as Perez sent the ball wide of goal from point-blank range after a free-kick, before Dubravka was forced into a leaping save to keep out a powerful header from Steve Cook.
But Bournemouth made the breakthrough with ten minutes of normal time left. After some great hold-up play, Josh King found Lewis Cook down the left, who in turn flicked the ball into the path of Smith on the edge of the box and after taking a touch, the defender hit a fierce volley that pinged into the back of the net via the underside of the crossbar.
It put wind into the sails of Bournemouth, who had been off-colour for much of the game, and they scored the equaliser in the 89th minute. After a flick from Lys Mousset, Nathan Ake surged down the left-hand side of the box before putting in a cross, which found the feet of the waiting Gosling and he hit home from close range into the top corner to ensure the points were shared.