Bournemouth see off neighbours Southampton in dour match

Bournemouth took the lead when centre-back Steve Cook reacted superbly to meet a loose ball in the penalty area and scissor-kick the ball home after half-an-hour.

(Reuters)

The home side doubled their lead after 79 minutes when Matt Ritchie's free-kick wide on the right got a touch from Benik Afobe who flicked his header into the roof of the net.

Fourth official Kevin Friend was taken to hospital after fainting and hitting his head on the roof of the dugout as he fell.

(Reporting by Mike Collett, editing by Pritha Sarkar)