SCOTT Parker confirmed Jordan Zemura was withdrawn against Reading due to an ankle injury.

The Zimbabwe international suffered the knock following a heavy challenge by Royals midfielder Josh Laurent inside the opening quarter of an hour, which was punished with a booking.

After treatment, Zemura was visibly struggling to provide his usual attacking output down the left flank following that foul.

He continued on until finally being replaced by Chris Mepham for the final 20 minutes.

Cherries won 2-0 at the Select Car Leasing Stadium to stay top of the table by five points, goals coming from Dominic Solanke and Jamal Lowe.

Discussing Zemura's injury, Parker told the Daily Echo: "He was struggling a little bit. He got a big knock on his ankle.

"He was hobbling around a little bit. I felt we needed to keep him on or at least give us something.

"I asked him to push through it and he did that very well.

"The longer the game was going on, you could see someone who was pretty lame to be fair in that sense.

"Obviously needed to make the change, had to do that really.

"Hopefully he’ll be fine for Wednesday (to face Preston), we’ll have to see that on Monday."