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BOURNEMOUTH, England :Bournemouth gave themselves an outside chance of qualifying for Europe with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace that left the visitors still looking over their shoulders on Tuesday.
A scrappy game not helped by heavy rain was decided in the 80th minute by Justin Kluivert who finished well after good work by fellow substitute Antoine Semenyo.
Victory lifted Bournemouth above Chelsea into 11th place, just four points behind seventh-placed West Ham United.
After a fourth league game without a win, Palace are in 14th place with 30 points, eight ahead of 18th-placed Luton Town.
They could have few complaints as they managed only two efforts on target – one of which was netted by Eberechi Eze just before halftime but the goal was disallowed by VAR after Jean-Philippe Mateta was adjudged offside.
While Palace should stay out of trouble, Bournemouth can already start planning for another top-flight campaign after moving to 41 points and it could get even better.
Andoni Iraola’s side have picked up 13 points from their last five league games and are on course to surpass their best-ever top-flight finish of ninth in 2016-17.
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