World News – UA – Rodrigo Riquelme scores Bournemouth opening goal to turn down Derby

This summer Bournemouth made no marquee signing but Rodrigo Riquelme, one of the two loan additions, came off the bench to score his first goal for Bournemouth and refuse at the humble Derby an invaluable victory

Riquelme says he sees Diego Rico as a big brother and the Spanish compatriots combined to help Bournemouth up to a point Rico’s cross fell to the back post where an anonymous Riquelme flew coldly to ensure that Bournemouth remain the only undefeated side in England’s top four For Phillip Cocu, whose Derby side have one win under his belt, it was a fatal blow

Nonetheless, Derby could have secured the victory late thanks to Lee Buchanan, but Steve Cook blocked the line superbly after the shot from the back beat Asmir Begovic but hit the Bournemouth captain in the face

Until half-time, when Derby keeper David Marshall cleverly saved Dominic Solanke, Bournemouth had hardly bothered visitors It was a smooth but long overdue movement of intention, with Junior Stanislas cutting the ball off the edge of the six-yard penalty area for Solanke to stab on goal, prompting Marshall to push Apart from that, and Jack Stacey failing to meet a Solanke crossbreed with any conviction, Bournemouth had flattered himself to cheat

Arnaut Danjuma, the midweek winner, nearly equalized by beating a post before Riquelme came home in the 81st minute

Bournemouth manager Jason Tindall introduced Joshua King at halftime in place of injured Stanislas and David Brooks with 20 minutes left, but it was livewire Riquelme that made the difference as Derby was retreating

Mel Morris, the Derby chairman who remains in talks to sell the club to a cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour, cited injuries as an aggravating factor in Derby’s slow start to the season and, while Kamil Jozwiak was missing from injury , Cuckold welcomed Krystian Bielik back as a substitute and Wayne Rooney lasted an hour on his return

Rooney, who was forced to give up the previous three matches after self-isolating under coronavirus guidelines, returned to the left of a front three, alongside Tom Lawrence and Martyn Waghorn The last Rooney’s notable act before missing this series of games was an excellent free kick at Norwich and, despite Waghorn scoring two magnificent set pieces in his absence, the Derby captain returned to duty when Billing fouled on Jason Knight on the edge of the D Rooney’s free kick was mediocre – he hit Solanke in the wall – but Bournemouth failed to deal with the resulting wreckage Waghorn kept the ball alive and Graeme Shinnie had pressed via a diversion

But Rooney’s pullout resulted in Derby relinquishing its grip and, after Riquelme leveled, King almost took the win but trailed far in downtime

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