Bournemouth boss O'Neil 'very proud' after thumping defeat of Leeds

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30 Apr 2023 • 11:32 PM MYT
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Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil was left "very proud" after their 4-1 rout of Leeds United.

Jefferson Lerma scored twice before Patrick Bamford pulled a goal back for Leeds. But Dominic Solanke and substitute Antoine Semenyo struck for the Cherries to complete the scoring.

O'Neil said, "Really pleased. It was a little bit chaotic, as I thought it might be. At 2-0 up and cruising we concede a poor goal from our point of view and that makes it feel a bit closer than it should have been. We showed real quality in the second half in a tense situation to play through. Very proud of the boys to produce two wins in three days against relegation rivals, when they have had more time to prepare.

"We spoke about character and that Leeds would definitely feel better than us. But if we can get ourselves to a place where we don't care and focus on the goal in August and achieved it today. Three points today, I believe achieves our goal of staying in the Premier League. Now we can set more goals for the next four games.

"We were working hard before and suffered huge injury problems with a squad were weren't really able to strengthen in the summer. Then new ownership in January so new players arriving and some back from injury. We never dropped our heads and it made a perfect storm where we never lost momentum. We knew we were on the right track and had to keep pushing.

"I am very proud of them, they have given me everything. There were questions asked and to answer them is a real testimony to everyone in that room."