Penalty number one (3 mins)
Kluivert only had to wait three minutes before he got his first chance to score from 12 yards.
There was controversy about the decision as Wolves boss Gary O’Neil thought Evanilson had handled the ball before he raced into the penalty area, only to be brought down by Toti Gomes.
The incident went to the video assistant referee (VAR), but the decision was allowed to stand.
Kluivert kept staring at home goalkeeper Jose Sa, before sending the goalkeeper the wrong way, with the ball going to Sa’s left and into the bottom corner.
“The first one I stop and look at the keeper, what is he doing?” said the frontman.
Penalty number two (18 mins)
Kluivert’s next penalty came a frantic 15 minutes later with the score at that point 2-1 to Bournemouth.
VAR again played its part, telling on-pitch official Peter Bankes to watch it on a pitchside monitor to see Sa had kicked Evanilson’s ankle after a heavy first touch from the goalkeeper.
This time Kluivert “switched it up” – to use his words – by blasting the ball the opposite way, to Sa’s right.
Penalty number three (74 mins)
With two penalties already converted, Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola admitted he was not sure Kluivert should take the Cherries’ third of the game, again awarded after a foul by Sa.
“For the third one I thought maybe he is not the one to take it, but I didn’t want to be the one to tell him,” said Iraola, who had seen Kluivert score first hand for Valencia against his Rayo Vallecano side back in April 2023.
“Every time you take another penalty it becomes more difficult. I wasn’t completely sure we should allow him to score the third one, but it was difficult to take it off him. I suffered against him in Spain, I remember this.
“The first penalty gives a bit of information to the goalkeeper, Justin has two different approaches in the first two and in the third one he was very good, he was full of confidence.”
Kluivert struck his third spot-kick past Sa as Bournemouth took the three points, moving up to 11th in the table.
“He doesn’t know what I’m going to do, I waited and he chose for me,” said Kluivert. “Easy as that.”