Bournemouth staged a spectacular comeback to beat 10-man Danny Shittu's Millwall on Saturday.
The Nigerian international was on for 90 whole minutes in the heart of Millwall's back-four.
Martyn Waghorn put Millwall ahead with a low shot and set up Liam Trotter to make it 2-0 after only 10 minutes.
The Cherries hit back as Ryan Fraser curled in before the break, Steve Cook headed in Ian Harte's corner and Harry Arter put them ahead from distance.
Millwall's Alan Dunne saw red and Lewis Grabban scored from the spot, before substitute Brett Pitman hit a late fifth from another penalty.
It looked set to be a miserable debut for Bournemouth keeper Stephen Henderson, on loan from West Ham, who found himself picking the ball out of the net twice early on, while his Hammers connections earned him plenty of barracking from Millwall's boisterous fans.
But the game turned out to be an unhappy return for his opposite number David Forde, who had a loan spell at Bournemouth in 2008.
With Trotter linking play well between midfield and attack, the Lions looked the more likely team to score early, and Henderson was beaten for the first time when Waghorn drilled in left-footed from an acute angle following a harmless-looking free kick.
The visitors soon bagged a second as Waghorn slipped a perfect ball through a flat-footed Cherries defence for Trotter, who drew Henderson out of goal before carefully lobbing the ball over him and into the net.
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