Bournemouth staged a superb second-half comeback to seal an impressive win over Leicester City and turn up the heat on Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers.
Leicester looked in control after Patson Daka’s early opener but failed to capitalise and had no answer to a rousing Bournemouth reply.
Interim boss Gary O’Neil has not lost any of his five games in charge at Vitality Stadium and, in front of prospective new owner Bill Foley, this performance only boosts his chances of getting the permanent job.
Philip Billing thrashed home a superb volley to level the scores before Ryan Christie touched in Dominic Solanke’s knock-down five minutes later to complete the revival.
Cherries caretaker manager Gary O’Neil said: “The boys put in another top effort. It was harsh at half-time to be 1-0 down as we’d played well and had big chances but got punished from the only real one Leicester had. I told them we needed to believe and keep going. We tweaked a couple of things at half-time to be slightly more aggressive. It went our way in the end and I am really pleased.
“I think the boys believe. I don’t think you can come back from two down at Nottingham Forest and 1-0 down to Leicester if you don’t believe. need to be sensible as newly-promoted team. We were slightly less sensible in the second half and it went our way.”
On prospective new owner Bill Foley was watching in the stands, O’Neil added: “It’s a great first day for him and I’m sure he enjoyed it. The full focus for me though is on prepping for the next one.”
