A 'relieved' Eddie Howe hailed Jermain Defoe's unrivalled finishing as the evergreen striker kick-started Bournemouth's season.
Defoe fired the Cherries to a 2-1 Premier League win over Brighton to end their four-game losing start to the campaign.
England hitman Defoe bagged his first Bournemouth goal since a 3-3 draw at Reading on May 5, 2001 - when Howe featured in central defence.
Defoe has morphed from teenage talent to 34-year-old arch-poacher while Howe has moved into management in the 16 years in between - but the Bournemouth boss still finds himself stunned by the striker's eye for goal.