Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo says he’s grateful to be enjoying in the most effective league on the planet after scoring within the 3-1 win in opposition to Southampton.
The Cherries, who had struggled to transform good performances into factors earlier within the season, lastly noticed their efforts repay at house with Semenyo and new signing Evanilson each getting on the scoresheet.
Talking to Sky Sports activities after the match, the 24-year-old mirrored on the group’s good begin to the 2024-25 marketing campaign and his personal journey to the Premier League.
He mentioned: “We have now had two earlier video games right here and we felt like we performed effectively, however we didn’t get the three factors.
“We watched a few movies within the conferences within the week and we knew we might catch them out with fast free-kicks.
“It felt fantastic. I wished to create house and get a shot away. It rifled within the backside nook, an amazing end.
“I’m buzzing with it.” ⚡
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“All these loans and hard moments – it has been a part of my journey.
“Right here I’m loving the sport and enjoying in the most effective league on the planet. I’m grateful.
“The sky is the restrict. We have now such a great group and everyone seems to be nice.
“We simply need to work onerous and win video games. We’re going to trigger a couple of issues this yr.”
Elphick delighted with Cherries
Bournemouth coach Tommy Elphick additionally spoke to Premier League Productions with head coach Andoni Iraola serving a touchline ban.
He added: “It was a recreation we constructed as much as be fairly huge beforehand.
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“We’ve put in fairly a couple of performances this season and never obtained the factors we’ve deserved thus far, so I believe the primary half was positively a illustration of what we’ve been doing in spells.
“The tide turned just a little bit within the second half, however Southampton are a great group and a difficult group.”
Elphick was notably happy with Evanilson’s contribution to the group.
The previous Porto man netted his first objective of the season and it was definitely the Cherry on prime for the stand in head coach.
He mentioned: “He’s a really completely different quantity 9 to what we had final season.
“He performs in between centre-backs, he’s very cute along with his timing of runs, and I’m actually happy for him. He’s been working actually onerous.”
