EPL: Chelsea stunned by Bournemouth

Sport360 staff 00:02 06/12/2015
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  • Struggling: Diego Costa.

    Glenn Murray's 82nd-minute goal for Bournemouth condemned Chelsea to their worst defeat of a wretched season on Saturday.

    A run of three games without defeat in all competitions had suggested an upturn in Chelsea's fortunes, only for Eddie Howe's promoted Bournemouth to condemn the champions to their eighth defeat of the campaign.

    Murray was the match-winner at Stamford Bridge, scoring 99 seconds after coming on to leave Chelsea just three points above the relegation zone and turn the spotlight firmly back onto their manager Jose Mourinho.

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    Mourinho had again elected to leave Diego Costa on the bench, only to turn to the Spain striker at half-time as the home side looked for a breakthrough.

    But it was Murray who settled the game, nodding in from close range after fit-again Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had come for a corner and missed.

    It was Chelsea's fourth home defeat of a dismal campaign, while Bournemouth were left to celebrate a famous result that lifted them out of the bottom three.

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