Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe says they lacked quality in front of goal for defeat at home Stoke City.
Goals from Giannelli Imbula, Ibrahim Afellay and Joselu saw Stoke storm ahead, and although Matt Ritchie pulled a goal back Bournemouth did not show the sort of quality needed to get back into the match.
Howe said: "They were quite compact and deep and I thought they were very respectful of how we played and the first moments of the game I was expecting us to have a really good afternoon but the goal seemed to change the game.
"I think the quality of their goals was really high and their first goal was a great strike, their third goal was very well worked but their second goal was the one I think we are really disappointed with.
"From our perspective we got caught on the counter. We had our moments and we didn't take them."
He added: "I felt we were a lot more positive in the second half despite the fact we conceded those two goals but we did create chances - Benik (Afobe) with his volley, (Joshua) King's chance right at the beginning of the half, several crosses across the box, Junior's (Stanislas) chance back post.
"We had some really good chances we did not take."