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Dominic Solanke was at his best as he took his season’s tally to 27 goals after his double saw Bournemouth close in on a return to the Premier League following a 3-0 victory at Coventry on Monday evening.
Megasportsarena.com reports that the ex-Liverpool striker put the outcome beyond doubt after Jamal Lowe had opened the scoring in a clinical display by Scott Parker’s men that re-established their four-point advantage over the play-off chasing pack.
That cushion had been reduced to one following Huddersfield’s victory at Middlesbrough in the lunch-time kick-off but the Cherries ended a mini blip of three games without a win to get their top-two quest back on track.
Jefferson Lerma played Solanke in through the right channel and his 12-yard shot took a wicked deflection off Michael Rose to spin past a helpless Simon Moore in the Coventry goal for his first of the evening.
After the break, Gyokeres’ early second-half effort was diverted away from the Cherries’ goal by skipper Lloyd Kelly before the visitors added a third goal in the 55th minute when Solanke ghosted in behind the home defence to latch on to Ryan Christie’s precise pass and confidently shot across the face of goal to find the bottom corner from 10 yards for his second goal.
The now-deflated hosts could muster little in response with O’Hare clearing the crossbar following an unconvincing long-range attempt, although Travers was needed to tip over a thumping 81st-minute strike by substitute Martyn Waghorn.
Solanke went on to lift over a golden opportunity for his hat-trick but, at the other end, a clean sheet represented Bournemouth’s first against the Sky Blues in 13 meetings – a sequence stretching back to 1962.
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