Murray strikes to plunge Chelsea back into crisis

Chelsea's season has now gone from bad to worse after they were beaten at home by Bournemouth.

The Cherries held strong and nicked a possibly offside with less than ten minutes remaining in the normal time.

Bournemouth had not won any of their last eight league games but that's not the most amazing thing about the newly promoted team being the defending champion of the Barclay's Premier League.

Jose Mouriho thought the regaining champions had turned the corner but Eddie Howe's visitors inflicted eighth defeat of the season, the fourth at home.

Glenn Murray headed in moments after coming off the subtitles and while there may have been a hint of offside, the Cherries deserved their win in front of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, who could yet wield the managerial axe.

Diego Costa started as a substitute for the second straight game, but unlike at Tottenham the sticker was not left to brood for the entire 90 minutes and came on at the half-time.

Costa's presence was limited until he fouled Adam Smith, was denied a penalty, when his cutback hit Simon Fransis on the arm and was then shown the yellow card for the foul on Matt Ritchie in quick succession.

Pedro or Costa should have scored 15 minutes from time, but neither could get on the end if Branislav Ivanovic's dangerous cross as Chelsea became increasingly frustrated by rafree's decision.

Chelsea face further examinations against Porto and Leicester in the next 10 days and the Cherris next play Manchester United.