Bournemouth produced one of the most significant wins in the club's history by beating reigning champions Chelsea on Saturday.
Eddie Howe's Cherries grabbed a 1-0 win on the road as Jose Mourinho's Blues slumped to an eighth defeat of the season.
Glenn Murray, who had come on less than two minutes earlier, scored the only goal of the contest in the 82nd minute when he headed home from close range following a goalmouth scramble.
It was a first win in nine outings for Bournemouth who moved out of the bottom three and into 17th place as Chelsea remained 14th but saw their to four hopes slip away.
MATCH OVERVIEW
Chelsea: 0
Bournemouth: 1 (Glenn Murray 82')
Stamford Bridge, London - 41,631
TALKING POINTS
- Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea. What do we do with you? Something has got to give at The Bridge? Is it Mourinho…?
- An enormous win for Bournemouth. Will this give them the belief that they belong in the top flight?
WHAT'S NEXT?
Chelsea require a positive result at home against Porto in the Champions League on Wednesday before focusing on a must-win league clash with table-toppers Leicester City on Monday.
Bournemouth will be riding high when they welcome the under-fire Manchester United to the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.
TWITTER INSIGHT
'We don't deserve this result.' - Jose Mourinho
https://t.co/PIqbvZimmxpic.twitter.com/VjaCMTVfyH
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 5, 2015What a win!! #teamspirithttps://t.co/9JXz1DslLU
— charlie daniels (@chazdaniels13) December 5, 2015REACTION: @ArturBoruc 'delighted' with clean sheet and three points: https://t.co/zGT8pkE1Dp#afcb#CHEBOUpic.twitter.com/DfBqSYg6xo
— AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) December 5, 2015
QUOTES CORNER
Chelsea's Mourinho on his side's plans for the rest of the season:
"Our objective is to finish top four. Before this game it was realistic to think that our quality would take us out of this position, but maybe now we have to think about top six."
Bournemouth boss Howe on the result:
"It gives the players some reward for how hard they've worked.
"It's only one game but it does give us a huge boost going into the Christmas period."
STATS SPECIALS
*Thanks to Opta
99 - Glenn Murray had been on the field 99 seconds before scoring for Bournemouth against Chelsea. Problems.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 5, 20152 - Jose Mourinho has lost just his second league game to a promoted side as Chelsea boss (W29 D2). Humbled.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 5, 201517 - After 15 games last season, Chelsea were 26 points ahead of Leicester - they now find themselves 17 behind. Swing.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 5, 2015
TEAM LEADERS
Chelsea
Goals - Diego Costa 3
Assists - Eden Hazard 3
Clean sheets - Asmir Begovic 4
Yellow cards - Diego Costa 4
Red cards - Thibaut Courtois, Nemanja Matic, John Terry 1
Bournemouth
Goals - Callum Wilson 5
Assists - Max Gradel 3
Clean sheets - Artur Boruc 2
Yellow cards - Matt Ritchie, Dan Gosling 4
