Swansea City 2-3 Bournemouth: Cherries come from behind in EFL Cup second round

Bournemouth stand-in captain David Brooks scored his first competitive goal since his return from cancer treatment

Ryan Christie's stoppage-time goal gave Bournemouth their first win under boss Andoni Iraola against Swansea City.

Captain Matt Grimes had given Swansea a half-time lead from the penalty spot but Bournemouth hit back with goals by David Brooks and Hamed Traore.

Jamie Paterson's equaliser nearly took the EFL Cup tie to a penalty shoot-out.

But Christie, set up by fellow substitute Justin Kluivert, netted in the first minute of stoppage time to send the Cherries into round three.

Traore's first Bournemouth goal had seemed to have secured the visitors' comeback, coming after substitute Dominic Solanke hit the post with a header before the rebound left the Ivorian with an easy finish.

Earlier, Wales international Brooks - captain for the night - had scored his first competitive goal since returning to action earlier this year following treatment for stage two Hodgkin lymphoma.

He slotted past Swansea goalkeeper Carl Rushworth after an incisive through ball from Jaidon Anthony.

Bournemouth had been frustrated during the first half by the Championship side, with Grimes firing his penalty into the top corner past Romanian goalkeeper Andrei Radu after defender Chris Mepham handled in the area when blocking a shot from Wales team-mate Liam Cullen.

Adding to the visitors' woes in the first half, Brooks was booked for an angry reaction after fouling Cullen, while defender Marcos Senesi was also cautioned for his challenge on Josh Ginnelly.

But Traore was showing glimpses of what was to come from him and Bournemouth, hitting the post with a low drive to keeper Rushworth's right.

Iraola, who had made seven changes to his starting line-up after their Premier League defeat against Tottenham, introduced Solanke, Lewis Cook and Milos Kerkez at the interval and the changes in personnel seemed to change fortunes as well.

Solanke's introduction for Kieffer Moore, in particular, put Swansea on the back foot and his overhead kick forced a save from Rushworth, while Anthony also forced a good save from the on-loan Brighton keeper late on.

After a frustrating few days, which included the sale of striker Joel Piroe to Leeds United, Swansea fans thought they had been given a much needed boost by Paterson's strike, but Scotland midfielder Christie's precise finish proved otherwise and earned the Cherries a deserved victory.

Swansea City manager Michael Duff said: "You don't want to lose any game but overall I will take the qualities in the game. It would have been nice to have gone through, but loads of positives in it again.

"I thought the first 25 minutes we were really good with and without the ball, and then obviously they grew into the game in terms of dominating possession.

"But I thought our defence was really good. It's [about] trying to stitch the first 60 minutes at Preston together and when [the opposition] do have the ball, defend like we did tonight. That's what we need to try and do."

Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola said: "It was a game with two very different halves. I think we started very badly - it was the worst way to start with a penalty [conceded] and then we were very slow to move the ball.

"It was different second half - we moved the ball much quicker and then we were in control of the game.

"I think we should have won the game earlier, but then this is the cup."