

Bournemouth secured a dramatic late win against Newcastle, marking Eddie Howe's fourth consecutive defeat as manager. The loss leaves Newcastle in 14th place, while Bournemouth rises to eighth with a club record unbeaten streak of 13 games.
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Is this the moment a rough patch turns into a full blown crisis for Eddie Howe? Newcastleâs manager has now presided over four straight defeats and with his team stuck in 14th place European qualification now looks ambitious in the extreme.
Howe has never beaten his old Bournemouth side in the Premier League and was forced to watch, glumly, from the technical area as Andoni Iraolaâs players extended their unbeaten Premier League to a club record 13 games, rising to eighth in the process.
If the news that Iraola is to depart the south coast in the summer clearly failed to disrupt the visitorâs upward trajectory, Bournemouthâs pleasingly fluent football and sharp, slick transitions merely emphasised how far, and alarmingly, Newcastle have regressed since last monthâs Champions League thrashing at Barcelona. By the end many of those booing the team off would doubtless be very happy if Iraola were to replace Howe this summer.
Bournemouth were ahead in the 32nd minute when, with Sven Botman suffering a concentration outage, Marcus Tavernier slid in to force a menacing low cross from the excellent Rayan over the line from close range.
As Howe stared blankly into space the stadium fell silent but it had never been that noisy. This had little to do with supporter apathy and was much more about the incoherence and passivity of Newcastleâs play. It speaks volumes that one of the biggest cheers of the first half was in response to Bruno GuimarĂŁes stepping off the bench and gently jogging up and down the touchline.
GuimarĂŁes is still convalescing from a combination of injury and illness but the Brazil midfielder still looked more dynamic than his teammates. Indeed Newcastle were extremely fortunate not to concede a second goal when Evanilsonâs faulty connection saw him direct Alex Scottâs excellent cross just wide from two yards out.
DjordjePetrovicâs sole significant first-half save saw him do well to claw Lewis Hallâs deflected free-kick to safety just as it seemed set to creep across the line but otherwise Howeâs players were utterly listless.
The smattering of boos that greeted the half-time whistle can have come as scant surprise to Newcastleâs manager. His cause was hardly helped by Hallâs struggles to subdue Rayan and Harvey Barnesâs failure to dodge the similarly impressive Ălex JimĂ©nez.
With the talented 19-year-old Eli Junior Kroupi further destabilising the hosts, Howe had much to ponder at the interval. He replaced Hall with Kieran Trippier and Tino Livramento switched to left-back.
Eddie Howe is facing a crisis due to four consecutive defeats, leaving Newcastle in 14th place and far from European qualification.
Bournemouth has extended their unbeaten streak to a club record of 13 games in the Premier League.
The key moment was Marcus Tavernier scoring in the 32nd minute, capitalizing on a defensive error by Newcastle's Sven Botman.
Bournemouth's win has intensified calls for Eddie Howe's replacement, with some fans expressing a desire for Andoni Iraola to take over.


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Marcus Tavernier gives Bournemouth a first-half lead from Rayanâs cross. Photograph: WM Sports Media/Action Plus/Shutterstock
How Newcastleâs manager could have done with Anthony Gordon at his best but the inconsistent England winger was absent with a âminor injuryâ at the end of a week of intense transfer speculation linking him with a summer move to Bayern Munich.
Something evidently had to change though and just after the hour mark Howe replaced the ineffective Anthony Elanga and Jacob Ramsey with Jacob Murphy and GuimarĂŁes. Newcastleâs medical team had advised the manager against involving the captain but Howe evidently decided he could not do without the midfielder any longer.
His appearance succeeded in lifting the St Jamesâ Park mood and Sandro Tonaliâs pleasure at his return was reflected in the kiss on the cheek he gave GuimarĂŁes as he handed him the captainâs armband.
Shortly afterwards William Osula equalised with GuimarĂŁes the slightly fortunate creator. As the latter drove forward Evanilsonâs challenge ended up inadvertently putting Osula through. All that remained was for Newcastleâs current first-choice centre-forward to evade Petrovicâs grasp after cutting in on his right foot.
Although the goal was initially disallowed for an offside against Osula, Evanilsonâs intervention ensured that, after a length video assistant referee review, the goal stood.
If the Denmark Under-21 strikerâs poised finish emphasised why he is now ahead of ÂŁ124m worth of attacking talent in Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa in Howeâs frontline pecking order, the managerâs luck did not hold for too long.
Barely had the celebrations subsided than Livramento pulled up nursing a hamstring pull and was replaced by Dan Burn.
Howeâs horizon would soon turn even bleaker. When Evanilson headed down Tavernierâs looping cross the ball fell kindly to Adrian Truffert inside the six-yard box. A swipe of a boot later the left-back had scored his first goal for Bournemouth and Newcastleâs weekend was ruined.