Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo says cherries deserve a shot on European football after his first minute goal was good enough Look at Fulham.
The cherries are on the way for their best Premier League season and ranked eighth-seven points out of the top five and six for Aston Villa in seventh place.
Given that she guaranteed the first place of the Premier League next year, he guaranteed the Champions League instead of the Champions League, the eighth could be enough for the qualifying point in the conference league, if the Newcastle league and the FA Cup winners were over in the first seven.
Semenyo said: “We grinded and defeated the first six teams throughout the season. This small phase we walk through, walks and draws, each team goes through it, but that’s why this victory is so important.
“I feel that we certainly deserve European places with what we did this year.”
“It can’t happen … You can’t defend yourself this way. It’s impossible.” ❌
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Manager Andoni Irala was impressed on his side because he won at home for the first time since January.
Evanilson should join the premature Semenyo strike, but the hosts had to dig and defend well because Fulham was bossing the other half.
Iraola said Sky Sports: “I am very, very pleased with the show. I think we needed this performance, well defended our own box, will, blocks, bases, play.
“Completing the clean sheet is so valuable, because usually when we create chances of scoring goals, defining is a place where we missed something in the last games and today we were very good.
Bournemouth Leapfrog Fulham and move to the eight best 📈#Boufulla pic.twitter.com/r7sujsgz
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“We knew that Fulham was very good on the ball. We squeezed the first 55-60 minutes, but then you always suffer at the end. We had to admit a little territory, go more compact and defend the box and deal with cross crossings.”
“This victory comes for us at a perfect moment. Next week we have another of these games against Crystal Palace, as well as Fulham, play very well, so we recover well and arrive at a good place.”
“The order has been really close in the last few months, so every result will be key.”
