LONDON
\nBournemouth beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 on Tuesday to earn automatic promotion to the Premier League after two seasons in the second-tier Championship.
\nSubstitute Kieffer Moore scored the only goal of the game in the 83rd minute as Scott Parker\u2019s side joined champions Fulham in the English top flight next season.
\nIt was only the Wales international\u2019s third goal of an injury-ravaged Bournemouth career since his January transfer from Cardiff.
\nWhile speaking to the Sky sports he said \u201cFirst and foremost I\u2019m delighted for the fans, and my players,\u201d and added \u201cThey deserve this position. It means a lot.
\n\u201cWe never had control in the first half and we didn\u2019t want a basketball match. We spoke about control and calm and process. We didn\u2019t execute the game plan and in the second half we showed our dominance.\u201d He maintained.
\n\u201cThis group is a young team, learning their trade in a promotion task,\u201d said Parker, who was relegated from the Premier laeague last season as Fulham boss.
\n\u201cOne thing about this group, if we need a result we dig deep and find it.\u201d
\nForest, who needed a win to leapfrog the Cherries in the table, will now have to try to end their 23-year Premier League exile via the play-offs.
\nThird-placed Forest and Huddersfield are guaranteed places in the play-offs with one match of the regular season to go, with a clutch of clubs chasing the final two places.
\nBournemouth started the game brightly with Philip Billing forcing a good early save from Forest goalkeeper Brice Samba.
\nThe home side had a huge let-off shortly before half-time when goalkeeper Mark Travers brought down Forest forward Sam Surridge inside the penalty box.
\nTravers was saved from conceding a penalty by the assistant referee\u2019s offside flag, but TV replays showed Surridge had timed his run to perfection.
\nThe Cherries grew more dominant as the second half wore on and got the goal their efforts deserved seven minutes from time.
\nJordan Zemura\u2019s mazy run drew a foul on the edge of the penalty area and Billing rolled a free-kick cleverly into the path of Moore, who coolly fired the ball into the far corner.
\n\u201cI\u2019m speechless,\u201d said Moore. \u201cWhen I came here I had one goal and then had the setback straight away, but I had the dream and thankfully it\u2019s come about.\u201d
\nThe home fans spilled onto the pitch at full-time after their side survived eight long minutes of injury time to seal their top-flight comeback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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