Iraola on Bournemouth's 3-0 Liverpool defeat

Iraola on Bournemouth's 3-0 Liverpool defeat  21/09/2024  Anfield stadium, Liverpool, UK

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00:00We don't have a local press with us today, so if you want to crack on.

00:20I agree in a way with him, I understand because you see the stats of the game,

00:36probably it looks like quite a level game, but I think they've been better when it mattered,

00:43you know, and at the end is what the big teams have, when the game is on the line

00:50they finish much better than us. We had this allowed goal,

00:53it's just a slight margin, this chance of Antoine against the keeper, they make a good save

00:59and when they had the chances they made the difference and they had very good finishes,

01:04especially the last one from Darwin is a great goal, great finish.

01:09And after you do a lot of things, you look at the stats and probably you think,

01:12okay we had, I don't know, 20 shots, we had seven corners, I don't know which ones,

01:18but we felt we had a lot of touches in this box, we had our momentum in the game,

01:23but it has less value, everything you do after a three-nil, you can think,

01:28no, if they need it probably they push more and I think they were better when it really mattered.

01:35I think overall they haven't lost the identity of the team,

01:54physically I told in the preview, they are very, very dangerous, they have a lot of speed,

02:02especially up front, today, with especially Darwin, Luis Diaz, Salah, even Shogoslai arriving,

02:10you have the threat always in behind because they have this speed, they have also different

02:17structures to try to play more positional, but they are really hard-choice on transitions,

02:23and I think it's what Liverpool has been also, the years with Jürgen and they haven't lost

02:31this threat in transitions, they are playing really well, I think they played really well

02:36against Milan the other day, probably they lost the game against Forest, but I think they should

02:42have won even that one, and they are doing, from my side at least, from what I've seen, they are doing very well.

02:48I don't know if he is here, maybe if I have time now before we leave on the coach,

03:08but otherwise I will speak for sure with him, maybe other day, but obviously I hope everything

03:16goes very well for him also, yes.