MILOS Kerkez was thrilled to net his first AFC Bournemouth goal as he smashed home a fine finish against Wolves at Molineux.

The left back restored the Cherries lead after a goal for each side inside the opening five minutes of the game on Saturday.

It was a fantastic, flowing move from Andoni Iraola’s side that saw Kerkez find the net.

Illia Zabarnyi won a header in midfield and nodded the ball down to David Brooks, who passed short to Tyler Adams.

The American played a first-time pass into Ryan Christie who passed to Evanilson, the Brazilian playing a neat flick back to the Scot on the run towards the box.

Christie then found Marcus Tavernier on the left just outside the box, and Tavernier shaped to shoot, before laying the ball perfectly off to the onrushing Kerkez on his outside.

The Hungarian then let off a fierce first time shot from just outside the six yard box on the angle – and the ball soared into the top corner.

(Image: Nick Potts/PA Wire) Asked about his goal after the game, Kerkez told the Daily Echo: “Tav [was] great, [he] waited for me.

“I shouted to him, he waited to the last second and the guy stepped, thought Tav was going to shoot.

“Excellent pass from Tav and [there’s] no thinking when you get that close to goal.

“And I wanted to score my first one, so I'm really happy about it.”

On the game as a whole, Kerkez said the result was an important one.

“I think we needed to win today,” he said.

“So, we came with a great mentality and the lads did everything.

“We were aggressive, we were covering the spaces as well, we were together. So, I'm really happy for the whole team.”

Kerkez’s goal to make it 2-1 came after only eight minutes in a whirlwind start to the game in the midlands, before Justin Kluivert scored his second penalty of the afternoon to make it 3-1 with just 18 minutes on the clock.

The left back said the Cherries side knew they had to start games better, and said at Wolves it was no different.

“The gaffer [Andoni Iraola] said from the beginning we have to start well today, the first 10, 15 minutes and yeah, obviously to get the penalty and everything was great,” he said.

Kluivert and Evanilson were two standout performers in a fantastic Cherries team performance – with the Brazilian becoming the first to win three penalties in a Premier League game and Kluivert the first to score three spot kicks.

On the pair, Kerkez said: “I'm really happy for them and they're really, really important for us.

“You can see that not only today, but in every game, how much they run, the spaces they cover, how much they press.

“So, I'm really happy for them, I'm really happy we have them. And let's keep going next week.”