All thoughts of that dispiriting 2-1 loss to Manchester United were banished as they utterly destroyed Scott Parker’s side, their 9-0 victory their biggest in top-flight football since they defeated Crystal Palace by the same scoreline 33 years ago.
Indeed, in the closing minutes, Bournemouth simply seemed determined not to be the first team ever to concede 10 goals in a single Premier League match. There was almost a sense of relief among the Cherries at fulltime that an already embarrassing defeat did not become an outright record.
This was still an historic result, though: the first 9-0 scoreline in Premier League history in a match that did not include Manchester United or Southampton.
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Biggest win margins in Premier League history
Here are the 21 matches that have featured the widest margin of victory in the Premier League since 1992/93.
It’s notable that Manchester United have won 9-0 on two separate occasions, 26 years apart. Guardiola’s Manchester City have an 8-0 victory (2019) and 7-0 triumph (2021).
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Most goals in a Premier League match
There have been 29 matches that have seen nine or more goals scored.
Man United have been involved in six of them, Tottenham Hotspur in five, and Manchester City and Southampton have been part of four of them.
