Bournemouth went top of the Championship table last night with a 5-1 win at Fulham.

The country's top scorers marched back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship courtesy of two goals apiece from Brett Pitman and Matt Ritchie followed by a late cracker from Steve Cook to seal a thumping 5-1 victory.

"I'm delighted with the win," said Cherries boss Howe. "We felt it was going to be a difficult fixture when you see players Fulham have, but we started well, we were very positive, we scored at good times and could have scored more.

"Thankfully we don't have goal bonuses in the contracts. We took them out."