CHERRIES star Harry Arter admitted there was no hiding place for a player during a poor run in the Premier League.

The 27-year-old midfielder also expressed his relief after Cherries had finally got off the mark in the top flight this season.

Arter has started all five games in the league, including the four defeats before last week's 2-1 win over Brighton.

And with three points in the bag, the Republic of Ireland international stressed the need for Cherries to build a positive run.

Cherries face Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday (3pm) before hosting Leicester City on September 30.

Asked how much of an impact losing had on him, Arter replied: “It’s not nice. It affects you.

“It’s not just the game and straight after - it affects your week.

“Going home, you are constantly re-playing the game over in your mind.

“The Premier League is something you can’t get away from and you can’t really switch off from.

“The spotlight is on constantly and, when you are not doing well, people are quick to jump on it and point out who is not doing well.”

Arter made 35 appearances to help Cherries to a club record ninth-placed finish in the Premier League last season.

Commenting on their latest league victory, he added: “We wanted to get three points as quickly as we could and, thankfully, we did that.

“We needed to have a little bit of a spark. It’s important now that we carry it on.

“Two wins in the Premier League can shoot you straight up the table.

“We will be looking at where we were and realising we don’t want to be back there. That’s our goal and that’s our aim.”

Cherries were staring down the barrel of a fifth league loss when Solly March’s 55th-minute header opened the scoring for the Seagulls.

And Arter admitted Eddie Howe’s men had to deal with a crowd he felt had been “edgy” before Andrew Surman and Jermain Defoe scored to turn the game around.

“Going a goal down and being in a position where we were looking at another defeat with half-an-hour to go, the lads reacted really well and showed great character,” he added.

“The crowd were a little bit edgy and you felt that from the start of the game, so we had that to deal with.

“It’s not a criticism of the crowd but I felt they were getting on the lads’ back a little bit, maybe when keeping the ball and being patient is what we had to do.

“The manager said at half-time to ignore the fans being a tad restless and carry on doing what we were doing.”