Alex Neil frustrated by naivety of Stoke City players

With the game level at half-time, Andoni Iraola introduced Ryan Christie and star striker Dominic Solanke off the bench.

Within six minutes Solanke had found the net, firing home after Cherries quickly worked a free-kick after Lewis Cook had been fouled just outside the box.

Joe Rothwell added another goal soon after, the hosts closing out a 2-0 victory over their Championship opposition.

Dominic Solanke celebrates his opener (Image: Richard Crease)

“I thought we competed really well for the majority of the match,” said Neil.

“First half there wasn’t a lot in the game which is summed up by them bringing two strong attacking players on at half-time.

“You could see at the start of the second half that they visibly upped the tempo and the lads that came on are naturally good players and got the fans behind them.

“I think the biggest disappointment is that when you are playing Premier League players you can semi-accept that you can get undone by quality play but the first goal for us is so frustrating.

“We gave the free-kick away and then after that we kicked the ball back to them, we weren’t set and the ball ends up in the back of the net.

“All the hard work we’d done in the first half was wasted because of the lapse of concentration and naivety.

“If you take the game in its entirety in terms of just playing I thought we competed and was good in spells.”

Cherries will now face Liverpool in the fourth round.