Harry Maguire is having the year of his life in 2018 but he will not look back on Saturday, September 15 with any great fondness - quite the opposite.
The England defender had his hands on his head as he walked off at half-time with Leicester three goals down on the south coast.
He knew that plenty of the blame lay on his shoulders.
Ryan Fraser was Bournemouth's hero of the afternoon, scoring twice in an impressive triumph over Leicester
Kasper Schmeichel was at full stretch but unable to prevent Fraser from giving Bournemouth the lead against Leicester
Fraser (centre) celebrates with his fellow Bournemouth players after scoring in the first half against Leicester
MATCH FACTS, PLAYER RATINGS, LEAGUE TABLE AND MATCH ZONE
BOURNEMOUTH: (4-4-2) Begovic 7.5; Smith 7, S Cook 6.5, Ake 6, Rico 6; Brooks 6.5 (Francis 68, 6), Lerma 6.5 (L Cook 78, 6), Gosling 6, Fraser 8.5; Wilson 7.5, King 7.5 (Mousset 85, 6)
SUBS NOT USED: Boruc (GK); Surman, Ibe, Defoe
GOALS: Fraser (19, 37); King (PEN 41); Smith (81)
BOOKINGS: Lerma (29); Wilson (71); Gosling (79)
COACH: Eddie Howe 8
LEICESTER: (4-2-3-1) Schmeichel 6.5; Pereira 4.5, Morgan 4.5, Maguire 4, Chilwell 4.5; Mendy 6.5, Ndidi 6.5; Ghezzal 6.5 (Albrighton 61, 7), Maddison 6.5, Gray 5 (Iheanacho 61, 6.5); Vardy 6.5 (Evans 84, 6)
SUBS NOT USED: Ward (GK); Amartey, Fuchs, Iborra
GOALS: Maddison (PEN 88); Albrighton (89)
BOOKINGS: Maguire (12); Morgan (45+2); Schmeichel (70)
SENT OFF: Morgan (69)
COACH: Claude Puel 5
REFEREE: Craig Pawson 6
MAN OF THE MATCH: Ryan Fraser
VENUE: Vitality Stadium
Ryan Fraser (No 24) breaks the deadlock for Bournemouth by finishing smartly past Kasper Schmeichel to make it 1-0 in a brilliant first half at the Vitality. For more of Sportsmail's brilliant MATCH ZONE feature, click here.
Season at a glance
- Premier League
- Premier League
- Championship
- League One
- League Two
- Scottish Premiership
- Scottish Div 1
- Scottish Div 2
- Scottish Div 3
- Ligue 1
- Serie A
- La Liga
- Bundesliga
One of the stars of the World Cup was fortunate not to be sent off after clattering Josh King while on a book moments after Ryan Fraser had put Bournemouth ahead.
With that on his mind, Maguire failed to get goal side on Fraser, was beaten for pace, and too scared of the consequences failed to make a tackle as the Cherries winger made it two.
To make matters worse King then added a penalty to complete one of the most humiliating halves of football for Maguire and his Leicester team-mates.
Maguire was certainly not the only Foxes defender to blame. Ricardo Pereira was nowhere near Fraser when he scored his first while it was his handball that gave Bournemouth their penalty. Another England player Ben Chilwell failed to break up play for the first and then helped play Fraser on side for the second.
Striker Josh King slotted in from the penalty spot to give The Cherries their third goal of the game at the Vitality stadium
King wheels away in celebration after capping a dominant first-half Bournemouth display with their third goal
Adam Smith made is 4-0 in the second half after a blistering first-half performance saw Bournemouth ease past Leicester
Leicester’s awful day continued in the second half when captain Wes Morgan was dismissed for a second bookable offence before Adam Smith added a fourth and although they added two in the dying stages were well beaten.
‘It was a tough afternoon,’ said Puel. ‘Strange. Perhaps we lacked some concentration in some situations and have to correct the defensive aspect to prevent these goals conceded because it's a handicap for us.’
Leicester had the better of the opening stages with the returning Jamie Vardy looking in the mood volleying over before being denied by Asmir Begovic.
But then Bournemouth struck as Fraser raced onto King’s through ball with Leicester’s defending non-existent.
Leicester were awarded a late penalty of their own deep into the second half as James Maddison stepped up to take it
Maddison sends Asmir Begovic the wrong way to score the Foxes' first goal of the game at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday
Maguire was very lucky to be on the field when, after being handed an early yellow, he took out King on the touchline. He appeared to know what was coming too before referee Craig Pawson took a deep breath and played the leniency card much to the anger of the home crowd.
Maguire may well have wished Pawson had reached for his top pocket given what followed.
Leicester should have equalised when Vardy and James Maddison were denied by a miraculous double save by Begovic.
But then on 37 minutes, Maguire was everything he has not been in 2018: hesitant, indecisive and slow. Fraser took advantage as he ran onto Callum Wilson’s pass.
Just four minutes later it was three as Pereira handled under pressure from King who duly kept his cool beating Kasper Schmeichel from the spot. Game over.
Marc Albrighton score Leicester's second goal moments later as Bournemouth were made to hold on to their 4-2 lead
Leicester kept their fight about them but went too far as Morgan was dismissed on 69 minutes after fouling both Dan Gosling and Adam Smith.
Bournemouth went onto to score a fourth in the 81st-minute as Smith converted after a fine pull back from Diego Rico.
Leicester did at least rally late on. They pulled one back on 88 minutes when Rico fouled Pereira and Maddison slotted home the penalty but not even another from sub Marc Albrighton a minute later heading in Kelechi Iheanacho’s cross could rescue a bleak day.
As for Bournemouth, they are up to fifth after boss Eddie Howe used the international break to send his players SAS training.
‘That is testament to the work they have done during the international break,’ he said. ‘They have shown a great attitude again to what we have asked them to do and I was going to say that was a little bit of fun but I am not sure they would look at it like that.
‘It was something different they took to in a really good way.’
Wes Morgan was shown a second yellow card and was given his marching orders as Leicester went down to 10 men
Wes Morgan was sent off for Leicester in the second half to worsen an already disappointing day for his team
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Main photo article Harry Maguire is having the year of his life in 2018 but he will not look back on Saturday, September 15 with any great fondness – quite the opposite.
The England defender had his hands on his head as he walked off at half-time with Leicester three goals down on the south coast.
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