Arnaut Danjuma scored a brilliant first Bournemouth goal to fire his side to a dramatic 3-2 win at home to Blackburn in new manager Jason Tindall’s first game in charge.
Danjuma rifled home with a blistering curling shot six minutes from time after Blackburn had twice come from behind at the Vitality Stadium.
It was Tindall’s first competitive match at the helm since replacing long-serving Eddie Howe following Bournemouth’s relegation from the Premier League last season.
Stacey brought a poor game to life with a stunning opening goal – his first in Bournemouth colours – in the 25th minute.
There looked little danger when Junior Stanislas rolled the ball into Stacey’s path but the wing-back’s 25-yard thunderbolt flew in off the inside of the post.
Bournemouth looked comfortable with their lead until Johnson’s speculative 35-yard shot squirmed through the gloves of the hapless Mark Travers to make it 1-1 three minutes before half-time.
The south-coast side were back in front only eight minutes after the re-start courtesy of Lerma’s first goal in seven months.
Blackburn’s debutant goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski made a stunning save to deny Bournemouth a third goal by keeping out Solanke’s close-range effort from Danjuma’s cut-back.
Armstrong drew Tony Mowbray’s men level for a second time with 17 minutes remaining, swivelling away from Lloyd Kelly and rifling a left-foot shot into the bottom corner.
Just when it appeared Tindall’s reign would get off to a disappointing start, Danjuma picked up the ball on the edge of the penalty area before curling an unstoppable right-foot shot into the top corner.
