Where there's an international weekend there's still NPower's League 1!
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- Created: Sunday, 10 October 2010 23:54
- Written by Jack Kitson
In their second South coast derby in succession, Bournemouth scored a controversial penalty in the dying minutes to snatch a draw with fellow high flyers Brighton. With just an hour gone, Bournemouth’s Michael Symes was actually lucky to still be on the field at all- the striker appeared to clatter Tommy Elphick in the face with an outstretched elbow, only for the referee to somewhat bizarrely award just a yellow card.
Rafael Van der Vaart’s bright start to the season has sparked huge debate over whether the new Spurs signing can replicate his Dutch counterpart Dennis Bergkamp, and light up the Premier League in style.