Adam Smith spoke about a 3-0 win for Bournemouth against Sturm Graz.

The Cherries kicked off their Europa League campaign with a 2-1 victory over Real Sociedad last month, following up that result with a comfortable triumph at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.

Reaction to the Chelsea defeat

That outcome came five days after the side shipped two goals in the first three minutes of an eventual 5-1 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

The search for a first Premier League win under Marco Rose continues for the club, but Smith was happy to see the squad respond to their latest setback.

"It has been a long time coming. The fans were up for it, the players were up for it so we’re very happy with the performance.

“It was very disappointing at the weekend [the defeat at Chelsea], we let ourselves down as players. We had a chat with each other, we got a reaction.

“That's a Bournemouth performance right there and the week's not done. We've got a massive one on Sunday against Sunderland and we need to get another three points.”

Evanilson header breaks the deadlock

The scoring against the Austrian opposition began in the 43rd minute. Evanilson sent a looping header into the net courtesy of a cross from the 35-year-old.

Smith is now the oldest Englishman to register an assist in the tournament since the 2009/10 season, and he gave all the credit to his teammate.

"It wasn't my best cross but I put it in an area, what a finish from him and I think we deserved that little bit of luck. From there on we went on to win the game but in the second half we got a little bit tired but the quality that came off the bench is great and we look forward to Sunday now.

"It’s a great header, [Evanilson] deserved it because he has worked very hard this season and many more to come from him.”