BOURNEMOUTH BEAT NOTTINGHAM Forest 1-0 on Tuesday to earn automatic promotion to the Premier League after two seasons in the second-tier Championship.
Kieffer Moore scored the only goal of the game in the 83rd minute as Scott Parker’s side joined champions Fulham in the English top flight next season.
Substitute Moore settled a tension-filled game with a neat finish from a superbly worked free-kick to seal second place.
It was only the Wales international’s third goal of an injury-ravaged Bournemouth career since his January transfer from Cardiff.
BREAKING: Bournemouth have been promoted to the Premier League after beating Nottingham Forest 1-0 tonight 🏆 pic.twitter.com/jGSvdTLsWh
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) May 3, 2022
“I’m speechless,” said Moore. “When I came here I had one goal and then had the setback straight away, but I had the dream and thankfully it’s come about.”
Forest, who needed a win to leapfrog the Cherries in the table, will now have to try to end their 23-year Premier League exile via the play-offs.
Third-placed Forest and Huddersfield are guaranteed places in the play-offs with one match of the regular season to go, with a clutch of clubs chasing the final two places.
Bournemouth started the game brightly with Philip Billing forcing a good save from Forest goalkeeper Brice Samba in only the fourth minute.
The home side had a huge let off shortly before half-time when goalkeeper Mark Travers brought down Sam Surridge inside the penalty box.
Travers was saved from conceding a penalty by the assistant referee’s offside flag, but TV replays showed Surridge had timed his run to perfection.
The Cherries grew more dominant as the second half wore on and got the goal their efforts deserved seven minutes from time.
Jordan Zemura’s mazy run drew a foul on the edge of the penalty area and Billing rolled a free-kick cleverly into the path of Moore, who coolly fired the ball into the far corner.
The home fans spilled onto the pitch at full-time after their side survived eight long minutes of injury time to seal their top-flight comeback.
Wonder does he ever regret going to Manchester United he was better off going to a club that would develop and mould him into a great player
@Jamie Smith: I didn’t laugh at your ‘joke’ the other day, but I made up for it by laughing at this comment instead. Keep up the good work!
@Stephen Lyons: I’m surprised it took him so long to comment his ‘anything Utd notifications must be turned off
@Jamie Smith: For every Depay there’s a David DeGea. Some feel the hard works done when they sign the contract and others know it’s just beginning. He’s a terrible attitude
@Ray Taff: United will probably buy him back in a few years,when he gets a new hairdo!
@Seamus Mc Meel: you’re a gas man to be slagging someone about their ‘ hairdo’ looked in the mirror lately
@Jamie Smith: I’d say he regrets not taking the opportunity he was given by Utd don’t you think
Needed a run of games in his correct position at United. Proper talent.
@Aaron O’Sullivan: I think if anything this article proves that United weren’t the problem in this situation, Depay was.
@Stephen Lyons: the problem with footballers today is that they don’t need to be successful now to earn stupid amounts of money
Mishitting??wtf
@Aubameyang Doherty: did you read miss shitting instead of miss hitting like me as well.