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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23510135" data-attributes="member: 158020">Bournemouth 2 Cardiff City 0: Fraser and Wilson fire Cherries to opening winBournemouth held off a plucky Cardiff City to open the new Premier  League campaign with a 2-0 home win thanks to goals from Ryan Fraser and  Callum Wilson.  Fraser's close-range finish midway through the first half  and Wilson's stoppage-time effort proved the difference as Eddie Howe's  men ended a run of three opening weekend defeats. Wilson,  scorer of eight league goals last term, had an earlier chance to put  the result beyond doubt before half-time, but his spot-kick was well  saved by Neil Etheridge, the goalkeeper becoming the first player to  save a penalty on his Premier League debut since Allan McGregor for Hull  City in August 2013.It  was to prove the only real joy for last season's Championship  runners-up, though, as a more competitive performance after half-time  went unrewarded.Cardiff's low-key off-season spending has  prompted widespread predictions of an immediate return to the  Championship and their deficiencies were evident across a one-sided  first 45 minutes.Dominant in possession, Bournemouth turned their  superiority into a deserved opener in the 24th minute as Fraser timed  his run well to sweep home Wilson's intelligent cut-back.Wilson  should have opened his own account just beyond the half-hour mark, but,  having been felled in a tangle with Bruno Ecuele Manga, the striker  failed to beat Philippines international Etheridge, who turned the low  attempt around his left post.The visitors were far livelier after  the interval and, spared by David Brooks' poor header at one end,  almost scrambled in an equaliser with 25 minutes remaining, only for  Asmir Begovic to deny Sean Morrison on the line.Bournemouth  eventually reasserted a sense of stability and the second goal came in  the 91st minute when Simon Francis bustled his way to the byline and  found Wilson for a cool low finish into the bottom far corner.</blockquote>

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