Howe: We gift-wrapped them goals

AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe criticised his teams defensive errors after the Cherries succumbed to their fourth consecutive defeat away at Leyton Orient on Saturday.

In front of a travelling support of around 1,500, a defensive mix up midway through the first half gifted the home side the lead through Charlie MacDonald, before a second defensive error at the start of the second half all but ended the game for Eddie Howe's side when MacDonald scored his second.

Brett Pitman briefly restored hope with a goal on 66 minutes, only for Kevin Lisbie to score Orient's third with ten minutes remaining.

Howe told BBC Radio Solent...

'...Leyton Orient didn't work hard for them (goals), we gift-wrapped them and unfortunately it's just crept into our game the last few weeks, something we need to address immediately.

'The players that are playing are good enough, they've proved that. We've won with this team so we need to learn our lessons again from today.

'We scored a great goal and we were back in the game at 2-1, it was game on and we were the team in the ascendancy for long periods after that. We had enough chances first half to have got more, but once the third goal goes in, it's very difficult.'

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