Evanilson seals Bournemouth’s win against Sunderland after Danso sees red

Marcus Tavernier opened the scoring in the sixth minute as Bournemouth beat Sunderland 2-0 to secure their first Premier League win of the season Bournemouth’s and Marco Rose’s wait for a Premier League win is over. Sunderland, locked in the bottom three, are becoming this season’s object lesson in travelling too far too fast. Sixth and seventh last season, that both teams have struggled domestically while cruising in the Europa League speaks to a continental drift where talent from mid-range but historically grander clubs is readily picked off by Premier League clubs. Two of Bournemouth’s summer additions came via Benfica and Sevilla, Sunderland bought from Lille and Lyon.

None of which is any guarantee of Premier League safety. Once Kevin Danso, on loan from Tottenham, was dismissed in the 17th minute for a blatant denial of a goalscoring opportunity, Sunderland were sunk on the south coast. With a turnaround tight time from Leiria on Thursday, England’s south coast on Sunday and Poznan in midweek, resources are stretched thinly for Régis Le Bris, at a club where the European dream comes against uncomfortable domestic realities. Talk of a