Bournemouth Beat Luton 4-3 After Losing First Half 3-0

Bournemouth beat Luton Town 4-3 to become the 5th team in Premier League history to win a game from 3-0 down. Watch match highlights, including all seven goals.
Bournemouth Beat Luton 4-3 After Losing First Half 3-0
Bournemouth Beat Luton 4-3 After Losing First Half 3-0 /

Bournemouth beat Luton Town 4-3 on Wednesday to become only the fifth team in Premier League history to win a game from 3-0 down.

First-half goals from Tahith Chong, Chiedozie Ogbene and Ross Barkley saw Luton storm into what appeared to be a commanding lead.

However, the Cherries hit back early in the second half when a sublime strike by Dominic Solanke made it 3-1.

Illia Zabarnyi then cut the deficit further before two goals from Antoine Semenyo completed an incredible turnaround.

Antoine Semenyo pictured celebrating after scoring two goals for Bournemouth in a remarkable 4-3 win over Luton Town in March 2024
Antoine Semenyo pictured celebrating after scoring two goals for Bournemouth in a remarkable 4-3 win over Luton Town on Wednesday :: IMAGO/Pro Sports Images/Graham Hunt

Premier League teams that won from 3-0 down

  • Leeds United, 4-3 vs. Derby County (home) in the 1997/98 season
  • Wimbledon, 4-3 vs West Ham (away) in the 1998/99 season
  • Manchester United, 5-3 vs. Tottenham (away) in the 2001/02 season
  • Wolves, 4-3 vs. Leicester (home) in the 2003/04 season
  • Bournemouth, 4-3 vs. Luton Town (home) in the 2023/24 season

Highlights: Bournemouth 4-3 Luton Town

Wednesday's fixture had originally been due to take place late last year.

Indeed, the match started on December 16 but it was abandoned midway through the second half after Luton captain Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest on the field.

Lockyer was in the crowd on Wednesday night.

Before kick-off he posed for a photograph with some of the members of medical staff that treated him in December.

"I got a little bit emotional," Lockyer told BBC Sport following the reunion.

"I am quite numb to the whole thing but being back here, I came into the tunnel area and saw the paramedics that saved my life.

"I recognized them straight away. What do you say in that situation other than 'thank you'? They are heroes and they saved my life."


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Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.