Thierno Barry had a night to forget in front of goal(Image: Getty Images)

Thierno Barry saved Everton’s night the last time they were at Hill Dickinson Stadium but after overshadowing predecessor Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s return for Leeds United with what was the Frenchman’s fourth goal in five starts, the striker was left to count the cost of his profligacy against Bournemouth.

Hooked just after the hour mark, Barry spent the bulk of the rest of the evening with his head buried in his hands, but it was the golden opportunity that Iliman Ndiaye had earlier gift-wrapped for him with the Cherries goal gaping that the 23-year-old should have buried.

That effort, that was blocked when Barry should have really been more decisive, like he’d been against Daniel Farke’s side, had already proven costly by the time he made way, but things quickly got much worse and the rookie Premier League frontman, who had also squandered a big chance in the first half when getting his angles all wrong after chasing up a rebound from James Garner’s free-kick that was spilled out by Djordje Petrovic, seemingly couldn’t look up.

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