Stoke ends losing run with 3-1 league win at Bournemouth
Posted February 13, 2016 6:00 am
BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) - Stoke ended a run of three consecutive 3-0 defeats in the Premier League with a morale-boosting 3-1 win at Bournemouth on Saturday.
Newly-signed from Porto, French midfielder Giannelli Imbula gave Stoke the ideal start, volleying home from 25 yards (meters) in the ninth minute.
Bournemouth tried to respond in the second half but came off worse from three goals scored in the space of five minutes.
Ibrahim Afellay struck his first Premier League goal in the 52nd minute and Xherdan Shaqiri provided a superb cross for Joselu to make it 3-0 just a minute later.
Bournemouth's Matt Ritchie smacked a left shot past Jack Butland in the 57th and then came close to a second, but Mark Hughes' side held on for the victory.
Stoke City's Ibrahim Afellay, right, celebrates scoring against Bournemouth during the English Premier League soccer match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England, Saturday Feb. 13, 2016. (Steve Paston/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
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AFC Bournemouth's Simon Francis, right, and Steve Cook, second right battle for the ball with Stoke City's Jonathan Walters during the English Premier League soccer match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England, Saturday Feb. 13, 2016. (Steve Paston/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
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Stoke City's Joselu, second right, scores against Bournemouth during the English Premier League soccer match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England, Saturday Feb. 13, 2016. (Steve Paston/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
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Stoke City's Giannelli Imbula, front, celebrates scoring against Bournetmouth during the English Premier League soccer match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England, Saturday Feb. 13, 2016. (Steve Paston/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
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