Eddie Howe backed his Bournemouth side to bounce back from their first defeat of the season as they lost 2-0 away to Northampton.

Goals in either half from Adebayo Akinfenwa and Ben Marshall made it back-to-back wins for Cobblers.

Howe said: "We recovered well from conceding the early goal and had several chances but their keeper has made some very good saves and I felt we weren't going to score.

"We could have done better with the two goals we conceded but apart from the goals we looked quite solid.

"At 1-0 down I still thought we could nick a goal but once they scored the second it was always going to be difficult to get something.

He added: "You're always going to lose games and it's all about how you react. It's the end of a good run but the players will be keen to put things right next week."