“Looking back at it, we didn’t defend enough defensive duels well enough,” said the manager afterwards.

“I’m not doing dig out any of the players here, but there were individual mistakes and we didn’t cope in the one-versus-one duels.

“We gave Bournemouth encouragement with the early goal and we couldn’t cope with the barrage and forward play, their running and power. I’m really, really frustrated.

“I can go through all four goals and each can be avoided, there were three or four mistakes for each one.

“We put ourselves in such a good position to win a Premier League game, so sitting here talking about a defeat is tough.

“I’m angry and upset. I feel numb. We’ve lost our fair share this season but the manner of tonight does hurt.

“We’ve got a huge game on Saturday. If we can’t pick ourselves up for a game like this then there’s something wrong but we won’t allow the lads to dwell on it.

“We’ve lost a game but we’ve performed really well in the first half and we have to learn from it.”