Premier League: Bournemouth pull off classic comeback win over Luton Town

Luton have been good in front of goal all season, but their defence has been a problem, and it was more of the same on Wednesday as the Cherries put an abject first half behind them, built momentum and scored four of their own. In the process they became just the fifth team in Premier League history to win a match in which they trailed by three goals.

The result all but secures Bournemouth’s Premier League survival while for the Hatters, it leaves them in 18th.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the game Luton boss Rob Edwards said: “We didn’t win enough individual duels in the second half. They have either overpowered us or we’ve not defended well enough. I seem to be saying similar things.

“We put ourselves in a good position. Of course it hurts. We had an opportunity to win a Premier League game. I don’t want to make excuses. We had enough quality and to go 3-0 up.

“We gave them the encouragement to get an early goal back. We were the ones to blame. Me. We should have seen the game out.

“We’re still in the fight. Clearly now you start running out of games and the pressure will build. We have got to accept that. But if we win on Saturday, we’re out of the bottom three,” said Edwards referring to the key game against Nottingham Forest, the team immediately above them on the table.

Meanwhile Bournemouth striker Antoine Semenyo who scored a brace told BBC Sport: “I haven’t been involved in a game like that before.”

Asked what had been said in the change room at half time to help turn things around he said: “He just said keep playing the way we are playing, pressing.

“We will get them; they will make a few mistakes. So, we came out early in the second half raring to go, and it speaks for itself,” he said.