SANCHEZ BLANKS ANTOINE

Four bites of the Cherry but it's still no-go for Semenyo

- BY JAKE STOKES

COLE PALMER made his first start for Enzo Maresca’s side since September.

But it was Robert Sanchez who stepped up to the plate at the Vitality Stadium.

Had it not been for the Chelsea goalkeeper, Bournemouth would have run riot on the South Coast.

Antoine Semenyo struck inside the opening minutes, but the video assistant referee intervened and adjudged Evanilson to have been offside in the buildup.

The Blues were let off the hook, while Sanchez spread his wings and weathered the storm.

The Bournemouth winger had a second, third, and fourth bite of the cherry - for the Cherries - but he just could not find a way past the Chelsea shot-stopper.