Bournemouth manager Iraola praises Liverpool's clinical finishing

Iraola later reflected, "I believe they showed their true strength when it counted the most, in those crucial moments of the game. Despite our disallowed goal and missed opportunities, they were able to make the difference when it truly mattered. The early stages of the match were similar, but their performance in the decisive moments ultimately made the biggest impact. Unfortunately, our efforts after falling behind 3-0 did not hold much significance in the end."

"We feel like we were doing well, having our chances, and after the first goal we lost the intensity, focus and you cannot allow this. The momentum changed and probably a lack of experience, we are a young team, we need to calm the game after conceding the first goal."

On his booking for dissent, Iraola shrugged: "I think it has been a misunderstanding and I hope we can overturn it. They booked me for asking for a yellow card but I was asking for an offside. I wanted not an advantage but an offside and there was nothing happening where I could ask for a yellow card. I don't know how this works, here I don't know.

"The problem is it's not the first game where we have a lot of chances but don't get the goals we expected, especially at this level you have to take your chances when you are playing well because for sure they will punish you. We did more than enough to score.

"It is difficult for us to accept. What you do in the boxes makes the difference and we need to improve certain things."