Stoke on the up as Bournemotuh rocked by Callum Wilson blow

Stoke 2 Bournemouth 1: Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe admitted things did not look good for Callum Wilson after the Cherries’ top scorer was carried off on a stretcher having suffered a knee injury early on under a challenge from Philipp Wollscheid.

Having had treatment on the pitch, he appeared to walk it off and came back into the match, but moments later the five-goal striker was back down, his leg having buckled as he ran, and he subsequently departed once again on a stretcher.

Howe — who has already lost Tyrone Mings and Max Gradel to serious knee injuries this season — said: “It doesn’t look good.