In spectacular fashion, Bournemouth ended Newcastle's winning run as Justin Kluivert's hat-trick put the Cherries in sixth place. The visitors, who are now on an 11-game winning run, completely outplayed the Magpies, who were hoping to create a club record with their tenth straight win in all competitions.
Kluivert scored a hat-trick of penalties at Wolves earlier this season. Due to Bournemouth's dominance at St. James' Park, all three of his clean finishes this time came from open play. Andoni Iraola's team got within one point of fourth-place Newcastle thanks to a goal from Milos Kerkez in stoppage time. Kluivert stated that the aim of the team is to qualify for European competition, which Bournemouth has never done before. With a 2-0 home loss to Fulham, Leicester has now dropped seven straight Premier League games, bringing Ruud van Nistelrooy's team one step closer to a Championship comeback.