Bournemouth vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and final score as pressure builds on Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou, speaking to Prime Video.

On Solanke’s return

“Good to have him back in. I’m sure Dom was looking forward to it and thankfully he has recovered from his illness and he’s ready to go. He will want to come back and show what he’s all about.”

On Gray’s first PL start

“Archie has played for us in midweek and he’s going really well. It will be a great test for him tonight and it’s great for him to make his debut.

On Son dropping to the bench

“It’s rotation, mate. We’ve got so many game. Deji had a rest and the weekend and it’s Sonny’s turn tonight.”

Tottenham’s last five Premier League results make fascinating reading. Which Spurs will turn up tonight?

1 Dec: 1-1 vs Fulham (H) - D

23 Nov: 0-4 vs Man City (A) - W

10 Nov: 1-2 vs Ipswich (H) - L

3 Nov: 4-1 vs Aston Villa (H) - W

27 Oct: 1-0 vs Crystal Palace (A) - L

Fraser Forster is yet to keep a clean sheet in a Premier League away game for Tottenham, conceding 23 goals in eight appearances on the road.

The 36-year-old, who has replaced the injured Guglielmo Vicario, made a string of saves in the 1-1 draw at home to Fulham on the weekend and also impressed against Roma.

Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo has described his team’s style under Andoni Iraola as “organised chaos”.

The Cherries press high up the pitch but Iraola says Tottenham are the “best pressing team” in the Premier League.

“I would put them with the best teams. We need a strong start and we have to be ready,” Iraola tells Prime Video.

• Bournemouth have never lost a Premier League clash on a Thursday, winning one and drawing three.
• However, Spurs have lost four of their past five Premier League matches on a Thursday, drawing the other.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says the club must make signings in January to strengthen their attacking options.

Postecoglou’s squad has been stretched thin by injuries ahead of a busy run of games and Spurs will travel to Bournemouth on Thursday night without several key players, although Dominic Solanke could be fit in time to face his former side as he recovers from illness.

Tottenham have been without Richarlison and Wilson Odobert for most of the season due to hamstring injuries and although Postecoglou’s side are the Premier League’s top scorers this season the Australian said he is in need of attacking reinforcements.

Lewis Cook is only fit enough for the bench for Bournemouth, so Dean Huijsen starts ahead of Marcos Senesi and Antoine Semenyo returns from suspenion in their only two changes.

Bournemouth XI: Kepa; Smith, Zabarnyi, Huisen, Kerkez; Christie, Adams; Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier; Evanilson.

Dominic Solanke starts for Tottenham and Dejan Kulusevski returns to the line-up, in place of captain Son Heung-min. Archie Gray also starts at right-back, in place of Pedro Porro.

Tottenham XI: Forster; Gray, Dragusin, Davies, Udogie; Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison; Kulusevski, Solanke, Johnson

Ange Postecoglou believes it is premature to write off out-of-form Tottenham captain Son Heung-min.

Son has only scored four goals for his club this season and just one from open-play in his last 12 appearances for Spurs.

The South Korea international struggled with a hamstring issue earlier in the campaign and has cut a frustrated figure at times since his return, but Postecoglou backed the 32-year-old to return to his best ahead of Thursday’s Premier League trip to Bournemouth.

“What I do know is, from my own experience, the end comes pretty quickly. It’s not falling off a cliff, but you find with a lot of great players that all of a sudden it’s gone from bang to bang. It’s not a slow deterioration.

“I don’t see that in Sonny, I still think he’s got a hell of a lot of quality and from a physical standpoint, the way he looks after himself, I don’t see his abilities diminishing just due to the age factor at the moment. I don’t see that.”

Ange Postecoglou rallied around his players after Tottenham produced a flat display in a 1-1 draw at home to Fulham to lose more ground in the Premier League.

Tottenham have dropped to 8th a week on from a superb 4-0 victory at Manchester City, but Postecoglou vowed to protect his players amid a growing list of absentees.

“It somehow again seems with this club that whatever it is that we do well is then used as a millstone to bring us down at every other opportunity,” he said.

“I guess from my perspective, as I keep saying, it’s really important that we don’t react to any of that and just stay focused.

“I just sometimes feel like, especially the players we’ve got at the moment, they’re just working really hard for this football club to try and progress to where we want to be.

“We’re in good shape, we’re still in good shape. We’re still in a decent position in the league. We’re still in the Carabao Cup, we’re in a decent position in Europe, so it’s about us maintaining our focus on continuing to develop.”