Marcos Alonso continued his fine scoring form in the Premier League as he rescued a late point for Chelsea in a 2-2 draw with Bournemouth
Alonso scored just his second goal of the season against Tottenham last weekend and made it two in two when he slammed home Chelsea's opener just after the half-an-hour mark
But Bournemouth - who had beaten Chelsea in their last two Premier League meetings - took a storming lead in three second-half minutes
 Jefferson Lerma (54) powered a header home before Joshua King's (57) slotted finish, which was confirmed after a VAR check for offside
Chelsea were camped inside the Bournemouth half as the game went on and Alonso came to the rescue again when he nodded home in the 85th minute to seal a point for the travelling Blues
The result sees Chelsea go four points clear of Manchester United in fifth while Bournemouth drop to 18th after West Ham's win against Southampton and Watford's shock victory over Liverpool
Many of the best first-half chances came in the opening ten minutes, and mostly fell to Bournemouth
 Philip Billing went close twice, having a first effort saved by a low Willy Caballero hand inside a packed box before hammering another chance into the side of the net
Chelsea had their own sight of goal as a fierce Mason Mount volley was well saved by Aaron Ramsdale, but Caballero was back in action not long after
 King was sent away down the left-hand side before squaring the ball to the waiting Callum Wilson
 Fikayo Tomori fluffed his attempted clearance, allowing the striker to hook the ball goalwards, but Caballero was there to palm the effort away
From then, Chelsea took control of the game but their possession only carved out half-chances
 However, they finally made it count in the 33rd minute
 It was a wonderful move from the visitors as Reece James' right-wing cross was flicked onto the crossbar by Olivier Giroud
 The ball looked to be going wide as it fizzed past Pedro in the middle, but Alonso was waiting at the back post to smash the ball into the far corner for his second successive Premier League goal
Chelsea should have added to their tally instantly after the break
 Mateo Kovacic picked up a loose ball after a Billing tackle on Mount, and slotted it down the left for Alonso
 He then squared it into the middle for the waiting Giroud, but scuffed his shot and sent the ball fizzing past the post
The visitors were made to pay for their miss when Bournemouth equalised in the 54th minute
 Ryan Fraser floated a lovely cross into the area and Lerma was able to easily peel away from his marker, Kovacic, before sending a header past Caballero
With the decibels rising in the Vitality Stadium and the momentum with them, Bournemouth took the lead 176 seconds later
 The impressive Jack Stacey pointed to the open space ahead of him, with Billing obliging by passing the ball to his team-mate's feet
 It was a then a wonderful cross through the area from the defender, which King met at the back post to slot home
 VAR had a brief look for offside, but there was no case to answer and the goal stood
Chelsea thought they had equalised in the 73rd minute, but substitute Michy Batshuayi's goal was correctly ruled out for offside
 However, they did finally level things up with five minutes to play and it was Alonso to the rescue again
The visitors had been camped inside the Bournemouth half, although rarely testing Ramsdale, but the Bournemouth goalkeeper showed some great acrobatics to push away an initial volley from Pedro
 However, Alonso was lurking at the back post to nod into the back of the net and seal a late point for Chelsea
Although Chelsea were laboured at times, there is no doubting Alonso is a player full of confidence, and more importantly, goals
 Of course, he scored both of his team's goals but he had seven shots overall - the most in the Chelsea side
When he was not scoring goals, he was an attacking threat down the wing - making four key passes - and should have had an assist to complete his stellar performance
 With Tammy Abraham continuing to struggle with injury, Alonso is stepping up to score the goals for Chelsea
Bournemouth manager : "The glass is half full
 To be down 1-0 at half-time against these types of teams, it's very difficult to come back but we did
"We showed great spirit in that second half and it was a really good opening period from us at the start of both halves today, we just couldn't carry that momentum on
 But we got a big point today and hopefully at the end of the season, it will prove pivotal
"I was pleased with the response [in the second half] and we scored two really good goals
 The question was could we hang on, but unfortunately, it wasn't our day
"We need to get points
 Three is the aim, but if we can't get three, let's get one and we haven't done that enough this season
 We've been drawing when the games have been really tight and lost some narrow games so this is hopefully a turning point for us
"Chelsea head coach : "We expected their [Bournemouth's] fight and the atmosphere in the stadium so they gave us a difficult game, particularly in that small spell where they scored their two goals
"Other than that, we should win the game on chances
 We had a lot of possession
 and at the start of the second half, we should maybe go 2-0 up [through Olivier Giroud], but we don't and then they scored two goals
 The character from the team was great in the end, it was not through want of trying, but when we create the number of chances that we do, we need more goals
"I'm delighted for Marcos
 He's had a big week, he scored a great goal at Tottenham and two here, but I don't necessarily want my left-back being top of the scoring charts
 We need to score goals in attacking areas and over the last period of games, we haven't
"If we keep having these games with domination of the ball and lots and chances but we're not clinical enough, it's tough
 We have to keep fighting because it's going to be a tough road in
""Eddie Howe will look at this as a point gained
 Yes, Bournemouth had the upper hand at 2-1, but for large parts they chased the ball off Chelsea, who were very good
 It was such a strange football match; Bournemouth could have been 2-0 up inside 10 minutes but then Chelsea woke up and it was quite astonishing how comfortable Chelsea were
 Something had to change at half-time and Howe did just that and changed the course of the game
 It was a collective effort and, although they had to hang on in the end, it was a deserved point
"Bournemouth facing a daunting task next weekend when they travel to Liverpool on Saturday (kick-off 12
30pm)
 But before that, Jurgen Klopp's side will travel to Chelsea on Tuesday for their FA Cup fifth-round tie with the Blues welcoming Everton to Stamford Bridge in the Premier League next Sunday, live on  (kick-off 2pm)
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