Bournemouth beat Chelsea 1-0 to get a famous win

Howe’s supremely organised, skilful Bournemouth side are now just two points behind Chelsea after this historic win at Stamford Bridge.

“From our perspective, we are meeting Chelsea at a good time”.

After eight defeats, four of them at home, Chelsea are 14 points adrift of that target, four months into the season.

While Eddie Howe celebrated what he described as the best victory in his club’s history the game consigned Jose Mourinho’s side to their eighth defeat in 15 games this term.

According to The Sun, Mourinho has “been given a week” to turn things around by Abramovich, starting with the visit of Porto on Wednesday in the Champions League and followed by a trip to Leicester next Monday.

“First half I thought it was quite even. Second half we’ve come under some pressure, we’ve had to dig in, we’ve had to defend, bodies on the line”.

Chelsea are now three points above the relegation zone and 17 points behind leaders Leicester.

Both of these two sides have had their fair share of bad luck this season; the Cherries’ fine performances haven’t been rewarded by a positive league standing, while Chelsea’s woes have been compounded by a series of poor refereeing decisions or critical moments that have gone against the Pensioners. With goalkeeper Adam Federici ruled out due to ankle ligament issues, Artur Boruc returned between the sticks, having just recovered enough from his own injury problems. They were blunt in front of goal, panicky in defence, and haphazard in midfield.

But this weekend they’re facing Bournemouth, and that looks like a good chance to get another win.

“Of course what you really want for the players is to play well and to win and I think that then rubber stamps everything you’re trying to do. We had to be to win here and I’m incredibly proud of the players”.

Howe, who called it the best result in Bournemouth’s history, said: “The dressing room was brilliant – and let me tell you we have had some sombre times this season”. We’re just focusing on the game. We didn’t score; they were lucky and scored one goal.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho felt the Blues should have had a penalty before Murray’s victor when a Diego Costa cut-back hit Simon Francis on the arm.

“Before this game it was realistic to think that our quality would take us out of this position but maybe now we have to think about top six”. “We want several more”.