Marco Rose on 'special' Ben Gannon-Doak's performance v AC Milan | Bournemouth Echo

Gannon-Doak was a real livewire for Bournemouth on Thursday against AC Milan and caused the Italian side's defence all sorts of problems.

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He told the Daily Echo: "We know his qualities, it's difficult to defend him.

"He improved a lot the last couple of weeks and since the preparation.

AFC Bournemouth v AC Milan in Europa League game at Dean Court. Ben Gannon-Doak (Image: Richard Crease)

"It's a special player. You can't find many players like Doaky.

"He is just a pain in one v ones for the opponent, and he is doing it again and again.

"He still has things to improve, his decision-making.

"Sometimes the one v one ends in a, yeah, I don't know how to say it, but he's taking sometimes just wrong decisions.

"He had a bad pass in the first half to a counter-attack, but he did it well today and he shows up."