It is not that long ago people were talking up Bournemouth’s chances of qualifying for Europe for the first time in their history.
A win over Nottingham Forest on 26 October left them second in the table, but Andoni Iraola’s side have worryingly not won since.
They look a shadow of the team that defeated Wolves, Tottenham, Brighton and Fulham earlier in the season, and registered just five attempts against an Everton side that conceded four last time out.
That is their lowest total in a single match in the Premier League this season.
Iraola, who described the performance as Bournemouth’s worst this season, named the youngest ever Cherries Premier League starting XI (23 years, 254 days) but, after blowing a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 at Sunderland last Saturday, they produced a bitterly disappointing performance in front of their own fans.
Eli Junior Kroupi thought he had netted just before half-time, but his effort was ruled out for offside against Adli.
The games are coming thick and fast and the Cherries boss and his players have little time to work on their shortcomings before they host Chelsea on Saturday, followed by an away game at Manchester United on 15 December.
“I am concerned, especially with this game, because against Sunderland and West Ham even though we only took one point, we played well,” said Iraola.
“It is concerning in the sense that now we have Chelsea and Manchester United. We are in a difficult moment.”
