Mark Travers aiming to be Bournemouth's No 1 after Premier League debut against Tottenham

Sunday 5 May 2019 08:41, UK

Bournemouth's Mark Travers has set his sights on the No 1 goalkeeper's jersey after making his Premier League debut against Tottenham on Saturday.

Travers, 19, made a string of impressive saves as Bournemouth left it late to snatch a 1-0 victory with an injury-time winner against a Spurs side reduced to nine men.

Heung-Min Son and Juan Foyth were both sent off for the visitors before Nathan Ake headed home a corner in injury time to make it a debut to remember for Travers.

The 19-year-old says he wants to keep his place in the side for the final league outing against Crystal Palace and then kick on in pre-season.

"You've got to always aim high," he told Sky Sports News.

"I want to play as many games as possible, there is still one game left before next season. I'll try to have a good training week next week and get into the team again. I'll take it from there and try and have a good pre-season."

Travers' route into the first-team may be blocked next season with Bournemouth interested in signing Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland this summer, according to Sky sources.

The Irishman credits his family for helping him settle his nerves on Friday night, allowing him to enjoy three points and a clean sheet on his league debut.

It took me a while to fall asleep, I was thinking about a lot of things," he revealed.

"I had my family over and chilled, had a night with the parents. They took my mind off things and made it easier. I was just buzzing for the game to come round, I was confident and ready to go.

"A team of Tottenham's standard, you are going to be under pressure, they just played a Champions League semi-final. We rode their wave well, defended well and then pushed on for the win.

"It was a great performance from the lads as well, especially to beat a team of Tottenham's nature - it was unbelievable."