Alan Shearer says a point on the road at Bournemouth is a sign of how far the club has come in the last 12 months. The Newcastle United legend admits the Magpies were somewhat lucky with their performance at the Vitality Stadium as Eddie Howe returned to the club where he spent the majority of his career.
It was the struggling Cherries who opened the scoring through Marcos Senesi before Miguel Almiron equalised for the Magpies on the stroke of half-time. Newcastle were far from their fluent best and were thankful for Kieran Tripper for clearing Dominic Solanke's flick off the line to ensure a share of the spoils.
Shearer told Match of The Day: "I think you would have snapped your hand off for a point away from home and it just shows how far they've come that they were disappointed in the point they get today because of the such high standards that they've set. There were so many players off form today.
