The Cherries found themselves with a man advantage after Steven Pienaar was sent off in the second half, but the dominant spell Howe’s side accrued couldn’t be capitalised on.
"We had enough chances," he started.
"In the last two games we’ve had gilt-edged chances, we get six against Hull and look free scoring and full of confidence, to creating a hat full of chances and not finishing them off.
"It was a hugely frustrating afternoon; we should have gone 2-0 ahead in the first-half as we had great opportunities.
"They found a way back in it before the red card swung the game in our favour, we had a really good 15 minute spell after that where we battered their goal.
"They couldn’t get out of their half and we couldn’t capitalise to get that killer touch we needed to win the game."
Callum Wilson and Andrew Surman both missed the game with the Black Cats due to injury, and Howe said that while the side may have missed both players, it wasn’t the key factor in the result.
"Of course you will miss a player of Callum’s quality," he continued.
"Andrew as well, he’s a key player for us and the control he gives us. They were both misses but that wasn’t the reason why we didn’t win, we have a good enough squad who still performed for the majority of the game.
"We had good passages of play but ultimately it wasn’t quite good enough."
