Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe calm on error by goalkeeper Artur Boruc
Monday 5 October 2015 12:04, UK
Bournemouth's Artur Boruc has been backed to recover from his goalkeeping wobbles at the weekend by his manager Eddie Howe.
Boruc gifted Watford the equaliser in Saturday's 1-1 draw in the Premier League.
On the stroke of half-time, the 35-year-old Pole received the ball from Sylvain Distin and attempted to return the pass, only for Watford's Odion Ighalo to intercept it and strike the ball into an empty net.
"Artur is experienced enough to know, and has worked long enough with us to know, that there is no hangover from that mistake and that it's business as usual," Howe said.
"It's back to work to make ourselves better, no matter whether we win, lose or draw. It was one of those things.
"We encourage our players and our goalkeeper to be brave and to take responsibility to play from the back. That is very much our philosophy.
"There is no blame attached to Artur, he has been excellent since he came here. He has made very few errors but, unfortunately, it is the life of a goalkeeper. You are going to make mistakes."
It was not the first time the former Southampton goalkeeper has made a costly mistake.
On November 2013, when the Saints faced Arsenal, Olivier Giroud tackled Boruc, who tried to get past the forward, and the ball ended up in the back of the net a few seconds later.
