Eddie Howe hopes his players can shrug off the disappointment of conceding their first goal in 484 Premier League minutes against West Ham - and insists winning is the big target for his squad.
Lucas Paqueta's first-half strike against Newcastle last weekend was the first goal conceded since November when Romain Perraud found the net at St Mary's in a 4-1 win over Southampton. Howe knows how much it means to players to preserve clean sheets and took us back to his own playing days with Bournemouth.
When asked if shaking off the pressure of extending records caused any tension, Howe told Chronicle Live: "Personally from my perspective, there was no anxiety around it, I was hoping we could go to another clean sheet. When I was playing that probably was different.
