Howe delighted to see King on the scoresheet

Eddie Howe has spoken of his delight at talisman Joshua King finally breaking his barren spell for Bournemouth on Tuesday.

The striker had failed to score in any of his side's matches so far this season, despite being top goalscorer for the club last season.

Coming off the bench, King slotted home against Brighton in extra-time to fire his side into the last 16 of the competition. It was Bournemouth's second win over Brighton in five days, following their 2-1 Premier League victory.

"Josh is off the mark now and Jermain Defoe got off the mark on Friday," Howe began.

"That's good for them and good for us. Confidence is important for your strikers. It was a strange game, it was very similar in patterns to the game on Friday night where we dominated the ball.

"I thought we had our fluency and rhythm really going, our finishing could have been more clinical. We had to be patient. Very much so, we always take these games seriously. We have always had mixed results."