Bournemouth 3-0 AC Milan: Historic Win for Rose's Side

Bournemouth beat 10-man AC Milan 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium in the UEFA Europa League, keeping their perfect run in the competition going and recording a historic victory.

The hosts took control inside the first 32 minutes through penalties from Justin Kluivert and Marcus Tavernier, while Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan, who conceded the second spot-kick, was sent off. Amine Adli settled the contest late on with a superb free-kick.

Bournemouth made a dream start. Koni De Winter handled a cross from the right, and after a VAR review the penalty was awarded; Kluivert stroked it neatly into the corner in the 8th minute to put his side 1-0 up.

Maignan had been holding firm as Bournemouth created chances through Ryan Christie, Evanilson and James Hill, but his loss of composure made matters even worse for Milan. In the 27th minute the French goalkeeper pushed Hill in the face at a corner and was shown a straight red card, with the referee pointing to the spot once again for the hosts. Young substitute goalkeeper Lorenzo Torriani's first touch was to retrieve the ball from the net after Tavernier drilled his penalty into the corner in the 32nd minute.

The English side remained on top after the break, and in the 84th minute Adli curled a perfect free-kick over the wall from around 20 metres to make it 3-0 and put the game to bed.

Bournemouth continue to make history

Marco Rose's side, who claimed their first Premier League win last week, are also flawless in the Europa League. Bournemouth are the first English team since Sunderland in the 1973-74 Cup Winners' Cup to win their opening three matches in a major European competition, and their 3 wins from 3 in the league phase put them third in the standings.

Bournemouth barely gave their opponents room to breathe throughout, firing 20 shots (7 on target) at Milan's goal, while the Italian giants finished the match without a single shot on target.