Iraola on city 3-1 Bournemouth

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Iraola on city 3-1 Bournemouth  20/05/2025  ETIHAD STADIUM, Manchester, UK

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00:00I think especially the beginning of the game, you could see straight away they started with

00:10a lot of intensity. The goal they scored is one of the probably best goals of the season

00:19from Armoosh and it has cost us some minutes to try to level the game. I think until the second

00:28half I think we've played better, we've had more of the ball, we have arrived in better

00:34situations but we were ready to turn it down. I think having probably two key moments that you

00:42need in these stadiums against this opposition in this kind of night to go to your side,

00:47the post of Evan Nilsson to make it 1-1 and put it under pressure and also the second red card.

00:53Because when we had a kind of a good situation again with time to play against 10 players,

00:59straight away we go 10 against 10 and then everything goes even again.

01:09I think the red card is clear. I think our red card is, I think you have to understand it. I think

01:17Lou arrives, it's not a 50-50, well he arrives a lot earlier than Nico and tries to pull out his leg after

01:23making the contact and this pulling out probably makes it look worse because he raises his his foot

01:30and the contact is higher. If you go maybe more strong it would be more dangerous for Nico, much

01:36harder but probably not a red card. Now it's not just a point of contact, it's not, you have to understand

01:43the game and you have to understand what Luis Cook is doing. He wins the ball clearly, it's a clear tackle

01:48and then he tries to to pull, break, pull out, you know, and I don't think it should be a red but

01:55I understand also that he takes that decision.

02:09Yes, I think we've started really well the second half. We were having much better positions on the ball

02:18and I was thinking, okay, we might have a chance today if you score, if we, we were, it's always

02:26difficult against City here but I was feeling like we were in a good place and after with the 10-10

02:32we've continued I think playing well and pushing but it hasn't been enough definitely.

02:39No, I don't think it has been a 50-50. I think they've been better than us in the first half because

03:03they also had a very clear, they had the crossbar, a very clear chance also, no, to make it 2-0.

03:12But it's true that sometimes even if they are being better you score the 1-1 and everything changes,

03:17the momentum changes and in this kind of games, to win this kind of stadiums, certain things have to

03:24go to your side, no, and today they didn't.

03:26We needed I think more energy in our press especially, no, and I think Bruxy could give us, no,

03:41this energy, I think he has taken good positions in the pocket, hasn't been able to finish but I think

03:48has helped us to have a much better second half and arrive like consistently to the opposition box,

03:59no, obviously City are winning, they are going to allow you a little bit more probably for space

04:04but that was the main reason.

04:06Yes, I think Jevo is finishing well also the season, he's training well, someone who has the physicality,

04:20probably he needs to improve the tactical side of, he hasn't been with us a lot, so I think he's getting

04:31better knowing this, how we press, how we attack the spaces, how he can benefit from this kind of

04:41pressures, our nines always, Solanke, Evan Ilson have scored this kind of goals, putting pressure on

04:48defenders, benefiting with this, the small mistakes and I'm really happy for him because even if it

04:56was very late, I'm sure for him has been a good thing. He had some issues, nothing really serious,

05:07I hope he can play on Sunday but he was not feeling comfortable and we decided not to travel with him.

05:16I want to win the last game at home in front of our supporters, also we lost against Leicester first

05:29round so it's a game that I really want to win, we will recover and take it very seriously because also

05:36we want to finish in the top ten and it would mean I think a good feeling, a good ending of this season that has been good for us.

05:48Yes, we wanted to carry another chances until the last game, it were really very slow, very small chances

06:06because you need a lot of results but it would mean like we still are fighting for Europe until the last game

06:13but it was a difficult day, I think you could see straight away, City didn't want to make any mistake,

06:21it was also very big for them and they won, especially first minute for me they started really really strong.

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