Rookie Mings improving each time out for Cherries

Tyrone Mings is still a rookie when it comes to the Premier League and he admits every single game is a learning experience.

Bournemouth signed Mings in the summer of 2015 for £8million from Ipswich Town but he suffered a horrific knee injury barely ten minutes into his top-flight debut, which ruled him out for 12 months.

The defender then faced a longer road back to full match fitness but now has four Premier League starts under his belt – the latest of which came against West Brom on Saturday.

The Cherries lost that clash 2-1 to continue a dismal run of form that has them suddenly looking warily over their shoulders towards the relegation zone.

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But on a personal level, the 23-year-old is adamant he is getting better with each passing minute as he adapts to life at the highest level.

“I’m learning every game,” said Mings. “I do a lot of work with the manager analysing the performances.

“Every game’s been different; from Manchester City last time to a physical game against West Brom. I’m trying to take something from every game.

“When you’re in a run of results like this it’s very difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but certainly we can take the positives.

“We matched them and were better than them for 90-95% of the game, in between both boxes anyway.

“You look at the two goals and they were such poor goals to give away, especially after us going 1-0 up. We needed to get through to half-time, settle into the game and go again.

“They’re very fine margins but at least we can take heart that we weren’t outplayed and gave a good account of ourselves.”