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Ake hands Cherries fine win
- Updated: November 19, 2016
Nathan Ake’s header handed Bournemouth a fine 1-0 win at Stoke, who missed a second-half penalty through Bojan at the Bet365 Stadium.
Bournemouth took the lead on 26 minutes through Ake’s close-range header, his first goal on his first start for the club.
Bojan missed a penalty for Stoke in the second half, hitting the bar from the spot after Simon Francis had stepped on the Spaniard’s foot.
The result means Bournemouth go up to ninth, four points off the top six, while Stoke are in 13th, just three points off the drop zone.
Stoke welcomed back Xherdan Shaqiri and Marko Arnautovic to the starting XI, but Mark Hughes’ side struggled to get out of the blocks in the first half.
Bournemouth should have had a penalty early on as Callum Wilson was cleaned out by last-man Ryan Shawcross, but Roger East waved play on, despite the defender getting nowhere near the ball with his tackle from behind.
Josh King then saw his low effort from …
