Dutchman Kluivert’s strike 11 minutes from time was enough to seal the Cherries’ third straight win.
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola praised his side’s patience after a late goal from Justin Kluivert earned a hard-fought 1-0 win at home to Crystal Palace.
He said: “Tonight probably wasn’t the game we wanted to play because Palace are a team that want to keep position and want to defend on the ball without being too direct in attack. “Antoine had a headache before the game but at least he was able to give us a good 45 minutes and make the assist and he was a very important player for us.”
Palace thought they had taken the lead in first-half stoppage time when Eberechi Eze fired home at the far post via a deflection but celebrations were cut short after a VAR review deemed Jean-Philippe Mateta was just offside in the build-up to the goal.
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