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Preston shock Cherries in ET
- Updated: September 20, 2016
Simon Makienok scored a hat-trick as Preston sprung an EFL Cup shock by beating a much-changed Bournemouth in extra time to progress to the fourth round.
Eddie Howe made 11 changes to his Cherries side and they were humbled by their Sky Bet Championship opponents as Makienok struck his first goals for Preston to seal a 3-2 win.
The Denmark international opened the scoring early on before Lewis Grabban’s penalty and Dan Gosling’s close-range finish looked to be enough to put the hosts through.
But Makienok headed a late equaliser to force extra time and then prodded home a winner to send the 293 visiting fans into raptures.
The likes of Jack Wilshere, Callum Wilson, Jordan Ibe and Simon Francis were nowhere to be seen in the Bournemouth squad but it is a sign of the changing times at the Vitality Stadium that the starting XI named here still cost in excess of £40million.
In fact, Preston full-back Greg Cunningham was the only survivor for either side from their respective …
