Brazilian teenager Rayan continued his blistering start to life in the Premier League as Bournemouth came from behind to defeat 10-man Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
After making a £24.7 million move from Vasco de Gama last month, Rayan scored for a second game in a row to cancel out Iliman Ndiaye’s first-half penalty, before Amine Adli put Bournemouth ahead less than four minutes later.
A disastrous eight-minute period for Everton was compounded when defender Jake O’Brien was sent off for a professional foul on Adli.
Everton enjoyed the better of the first half and were gifted a penalty when 19-year-old Rayan felled Jarrad Branthwaite with a clumsy challenge.
In-form Thierno Barry should have put Everton ahead on the half hour mark when he fired wide from six yards out, and minutes into the second half he saw a close-range chance blocked on the goal-line.
Bournemouth responded in breathtaking fashion – Rayan headed in Adrien Truffert’s cross at the back post, before Adli latched onto a James Hill header to finish off a well-worked free-kick routine.
Victory extends Bournemouth’s unbeaten run to six Premier Legue games, whereas Everton are now winless in their last five home league matches.
