Truffert the hero as Bournemouth leave it late to snatch win at Newcastle

[p]In the absence of injured [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] top scorer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gordon-anthony/EFo95m2P/"]Anthony Gordon[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barnes-harvey/Wjj9WTTi/"]Harvey Barnes[/a] dragged an early strike narrowly wide as the Magpies started brightly.[/p][p]The visitors soon played their way into the contest, unsettling [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/howe-eddie/hbOpz9hE/"]Eddie Howe[/a]’s side with a high press that eventually helped yield the game’s opener after 32 minutes. [/p][p]Without a goal contribution in seven PL matches after starting his [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a] career with three in three, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rayan/CSiH3dM4/"]Rayan[/a] provided the assist with a direct run beyond [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hall-lewis/rJOyDa3N/"]Lewis Hall[/a], allowing him to pull the ball across goal for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tavernier-marcus/jFqXIRZj/"]Marcus Tavernier[/a] to tap home.[/p][p]Neat interplay almost resulted in a second soon after, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scott-alex/boFdbMyt/"]Alex Scott[/a] cut back for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/evanilson/lUqxFifa/"]Evanilson[/a], who failed to make strong contact for what would have been a certain goal.[/p][p]The Toon Army immediately voiced their frustrations, and despite going close to a leveller when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/petrovic-dorde/2F8I5Zyo/"]Dorde Petrovic[/a] was required to push away Scott’s inadvertent touch towards his own net, a chorus of home boos rang out at the half-time whistle.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="cf58101e-d97b-4599-9ee4-5c40f2cc6c2e" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="b9c1def1-b26d-4119-be29-212109df995a" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p]With pressure building on Howe, the onus was on Newcastle to respond as Howe introduced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trippier-kieran/GMqWRFGS/"]Kieran Trippier[/a] off the bench.[/p][p]A competitive period at the start of the second half didn’t yield any goals, but the return of captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bruno-guimaraes/xtyKanzU/"]Bruno Guimaraes[/a] after two months out injured helped lift the Toon spirits just after the hour mark. [/p][p]That soon translated into an equaliser just six minutes later when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/osula-will/jT765A5D/"]William Osula[/a] survived a VAR check for an offside, benefitting from a vital touch from Evanilson, who unintentionally sent him racing beyond the Bournemouth backline, where he held off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/senesi-marcos/tzX63L7E/"]Marcos Senesi[/a] before tucking home.[/p][p]That goal set up an intriguing finale, and to the home fans’ dismay, it was Bournemouth who struck with five minutes to play when Tavernier stood a ball up for Evanilson to knock down while under pressure, allowing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/truffert-adrien/WQprkBYj/"]Adrien Truffert[/a] to turn in his first goal for the club from close range.[/p][p]That suckerpunch ultimately saw the Magpies fall to a fifth defeat in six home league matches, having now won just one of their last seven games in all competitions (D1, L5). [/p][p]Sitting in 14th, a European push looks unlikely, while Bournemouth’s hopes receive a significant boost, climbing to eighth after a club-record eighth successive away league game without defeat (W4, D4).[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tavernier-marcus/jFqXIRZj/"]Marcus Tavernier[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bournemouth/OtpNdwrc/"]Bournemouth[/a])[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="ea54b8c1-b94a-4464-be68-55607cc47a4a" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="4906bc3c-e3ae-4de8-b8de-ed594187644d" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bournemouth-OtpNdwrc/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/?mid=QVFIk4lJ"]Catch up on the match here.[/a][/p]