Cherries: Malone didn't even see wonder goal

SCOTT Malone marked the start of his Seward Stadium stay by netting a stunning goal and then admitted his performance had got a little sloppy. Malone, signed on loan from Wolves at least until early January, opened the scoring for Cherries during their 2-1 win over Cardiff on Saturday. The 20-year-old left-back despatched a rasping 25-yard ripsnorter past Bluebirds goalkeeper David Marshall with Malone later admitting he had not seen the net ripple. Malone said: I didn't have too much time to think about it because a defender was closing me down. I hit it nicely and didn't even watch because I knew it was going in! I can't remember the last time I hit one like that. I scored for Burton against Southend at the end of last season but it wasn't as nice as that. I didn't expect to start that well. I just wanted to ease myself into the game, get through it and push on next Saturday. But it was the complete opposite. I started well and then got a little bit sloppy. I haven't got into my rhythm yet. I had a run-out against Wimborne and needed to have a good blow-out. I hadn't had any minutes on the pitch before that. It helped playing against Cardiff and I will be looking to push on next Saturday against Crystal Palace. Malone added: We had a good week in training and the lads were on a high. It showed in the first half because we popped the ball about well and they couldn't deal with us. We more than matched them in the first half and, although they came out stronger in the second, I thought we dealt with it. You can't read anything into the result but there were a lot of good performances. Steve Lovell bagged his fourth goal of pre-season to double Cherries' lead early in the second half before Andrew Taylor pulled one back for the visitors. Cherries: Flahavan (Jalal, h-t), Purches (Bore, h-t), Cooper (Baudry, h-t), Barrett, Malone (Cummings, 65), Feeney (L Taylor, 85), Robinson, Arter, Pugh, Ings (Fletcher, 85), Symes (Lovell, 36). Booked: Arter. Bluebirds: Attendance: 1,924 (including 586 away supporters). Referee: Keith Stroud.

Source: Bournemouth_Echo