Andoni Iraola tells Bournemouth to ‘enjoy today’ after latest memorable victory
Andoni Iraola tells Bournemouth to ‘enjoy today’ after latest memorable victory
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Bournemouth may be on the brink of the Champions League spots but boss Andoni Iraola is still refusing to look at the Premier League table. Bournemouth comprehensively won the battle of the European gatecrashers as a hat-trick from Dango Ouattara and strikes from Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo demolished Nottingham Forest 5-0.
The free-flowing Cherries are now on the cusp of joining Forest among the top four. But Iraola insisted: “The best thing is to enjoy it. Enjoy today. You can look at the standings but that will not give us anything. “We have to take it game by game. You can enjoy every week. That’s how we should focus.”.
Bournemouth went ahead after only nine minutes when Kluivert collected the ball his own half and strode forward. The Dutchman – brimming with confidence following his hat-trick in the 4-1 win at Newcastle last weekend – was allowed to get to within 20 yards of goal and pinged a superb shot low beyond the dive of Matz Sels.
In the 55th minute the Cherries doubled their lead in style. A clever chip from Milos Kerkez sent Kluivert scampering down the left, and when he reached the byline he clipped the ball to the far post from where Ouattara looped his header back across goal and over Selz.
Moments later Kluivert had the ball in the net again, but a VAR check showed Ouattara was offside as the duo played a one-two inside the box. But they did move three ahead within a minute when Ouattara chased Tyler Adams’ beautifully-weighted pass, coolly turned inside centre-half Murillo and clipped the ball home.
