First win for Bournemouth, Manchester United held

Bournemouth are now 10th in the table, while West Ham slip to ninth; just above the Cherries on goal difference.

The centre-back arrived at the Boleyn Ground during the summer, moving to East London as a two-time Serie A champion and an Italian worldwide.

A first-half drinks break did not help West Ham get a foothold in the game and failed to clear Cresswell’s mind as, under no pressure, last season’s player of the year inexplicably gifted possession to Wilson inside the Hammers’ penalty area and the 23-year-old coolly added his second.

Since failing to make it as a youngster with Portsmouth, Matt Ritchie has been a massively entertaining player to watch during his rise back up the leagues and has always carried a certain level of unpredictability.

Wilson took advantage of lapses in concentration by usually reliable West Ham left-back Aaron Cresswell to score in the 11th and 28th minutes.

Tottenham Hotspur ended Leicester City’s ideal start under new manager Claudio Ranieri with a 1-1 draw while Bakary Sako snatched a late victor as Crystal Palace beat Aston Villa 2-1.

EDDIE HOWE’S Bournemouth finally have the three points and goals their early performances have promised.

“When we signed Marc and the tribunal figure was £100,000 from Hereford, there were a few gulps in the boardroom”, recalled Howe, looking back on a very different time at AFC Bournemouth.

“This morning, having lost the first two games, I made a decision to bring it out again“. He was not to blame for any goal in this match and played well, but he conceded 12 goals in two games against Bournemouth last season and he had to be at his best to deny yet another goal from a Max Gradel strike in the 45th minute. “If we can get him playing like that the whole season he could be crucial”.

Wilson claimed his third with a 79-minute penalty after a foul which saw West Ham defender Jenkinson given a red card for pulling Gradel.

Seething West Ham boss Slaven Bilic admitted a shambolic second home defeat had turned him into an anger manager.

The 1-1 draw was no more than the Black Cats deserved from a much-improved performance, although they might still have emerged empty-handed had it not been for the heroics of goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon as the visitors pushed for the win.

“If you do those kinds of mistakes, individual errors in front of your own goal, the outcome is going to be defeat”.

“It’s not an alarming situation, but we can’t continue to play without more desire”. What followed was a wild finale to what had already been a wacky match, and an additional six minutes of injury time, because no one not affiliated with West Ham or Bournemouth wanted the madness to end.