James Hill insists Bournemouth are just taking things one game at a time as they enhanced their charge for European football with a comeback 2-1 win at 10-man Everton.

Rayan's clumsy foul on Jarrad Branthwaite allowed Iliman Ndiaye to put the Toffees ahead from the penalty spot at a soaking Hill Dickinson Stadium just before half-time in Tuesday's contest.

But the teenager made amends with an empathic header just after the hour, and Amine Adli nodded in from a Bournemouth set-piece to complete the turnaround – Jake O'Brien's red card only enhancing Everton's implosion.

Rayan (two goals, one assist) became just the third teenager in Premier League history to have a goal or assist in each of his first three appearances, after Robbie Keane and Anthony Martial.

Meanwhile only Aston Villa (18) and Sunderland (16) have rescued more points from losing positions in the Premier League this season than Bournemouth (14), who came from behind at half-time to win for the first time since May last year (2-1 v Arsenal).

Victory lifted Andoni Iraola's men to ninth in the table, seven points back of fourth but well in the battle for continental qualification.

Asked about those chances, defender Hill told TNT Sports: "It's obviously what people are saying but right now we have got to focus on each game, take one step at a time. 

"We look forward to the West Ham game and then hopefully get three points in that. If we keep putting in these good performances, hopefully we will keep climbing the table.

"We're absolutely buzzing with Amine [Adli's] goal. We were struggling to keep clean sheets at the start of the season but we are doing really well now and we are looking like a stronger unit throughout the pitch going forward and defending, putting their bodies on the line."

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Everton lost a Premier League game having led at half-time for the first time since September 2024 (3-2 versus Aston Villa), ending their run of avoiding defeat in 19 consecutive games when leading at the break (W13 D6).

Moreover, only Chelsea (five) have been shown more Premier League red cards than Everton (four) this season, with the Toffees extending their unwanted record of having the most dismissals of any side in the competition's history (113).

The two goals Everton conceded were uncharacteristic of Moyes sides, while there was a shout for offside against Enes Unal during the scoring of Adli's winner.

A clearly frustrated Moyes refused to be drawn on that, though, telling TNT Sports: "I'm the wrong person to ask at the moment about refereeing decisions.

"I'm not ready to assess it, I'll look back in a few days. We could have possibly won but we didn't, we'll have a look back and see what we think

"They got a couple of balls in the box we didn't deal with, we should have done better on both occasions

"The players are doing brilliant, an amazing job, no complaints from me, a great job how they're performing, sometimes we don't get it right."