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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ed Aarons at the Vitality Stadium

Antoine Semenyo caps epic comeback as Luton fall apart at Bournemouth

Antoine Semenyo (right) punches the air in delight after scoring Bournemouth’s fourth and final goal
Antoine Semenyo (right) punches the air in delight after scoring Bournemouth’s fourth and final goal. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

A sensational second-half ­comeback from Bournemouth inspired by Antoine Semenyo denied Luton the chance to move out of the relegation zone, three months after Tom Lockyer had suffered a cardiac arrest in the original fixture.

It was an emotional evening for the Luton captain, who was greeted before kick-off by both sets of supporters having been, in his words, “technically dead” for 2min 40sec after collapsing on the pitch here in December. He watched his side surrender a three-goal lead after Tahith Chong, Chiedozie Ogbene and Ross Barkley had appeared to send them towards a comfortable victory that would have lifted them above Nottingham Forest on goal difference.

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