EVERTON BOOED OFF AFTER LOSING TO BOURNEMOUTH IN REMARKABLE GOODISON PARK COLLAPSE

Everton surrendered a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 to Bournemouth in one of the Premier League's most remarkable collapses as home fans at Goodison Park were left in disbelief.

The Cherries scored three times beyond the 87th minute to stun the Toffees, who had been set to stroll to a simple victory and earn their first three points of the campaign, with Luis Sinisterra heading the winner deep into injury-time from Justin Kluivert's cross.

Everton had been in complete control of the match after goals from Michael Keane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin early in the second half, but Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola's changes span the game on its head and Everton couldn't cope.

Antoine Semenyo nodded Bournemouth's first from a Dango Outtara cross, before Sinistierra found a rampaging Lewis Cook to head home the equaliser as the home defence stood static.

Sinistierra, one of Iraola's five substitutes as the Bournemouth boss chased the game, then nodded home the winner after a Kluivert delivery to spark delirious scenes in the away end.

Everton captain Seamus Coleman - who should have scored when his effort from close range was kept out by Cherries debutant Kepa Arrizabalaga at 1-0 - said: "We really let ourselves down in front of our fans.

"We cannot take our foot off the gas at this level. Unfortunately we did that. We cannot be conceding the goals that we did. We have to look at ourselves in the mirror."

Stunned Everton boss Sean Dyche said: "We did so much right until they scored their first goal. I think they had one shot on target before then. The game should have been out of sight. We conceded one and then threw it away. I can't put my finger on it right now.

"They kept raining it forward and got their reward in the end. The Premier League you have to play to the last breath of the game and we simply didn't but they did. They were playing it forward and crossing it into the box and we didn't deal with it. Simple stuff but we threw it away. It is the third game we have thrown away this season.

"You have to kill teams off at every level, but particularly at this level. Everyone was looking at someone else to deal with things and that is when there is trouble. You could see the body language change.

"You have to see games through and we have enough experience to do that, but today we didn't."

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