At full time, Bournemouth manager Andoni Irla had nothing but praise for Liverpool.
On the south coast, Darwin Núñez and Diogo Jota both scored two goals in the second half.
At the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola acknowledged that his team was unable to handle Liverpool in the second half.
Diogo Jota and Darwin Núñez both scored twice to give Jürgen Klopp’s team the three points.
Although there was intense competition in the first half,
Klopp stated at halftime that he had urged his Liverpool players they needed to step it up in the second half.
Luckily for the Reds manager, they did exactly that, taking the lead shortly after the restart thanks to a well-executed goal that put them ahead.
According to Iraola, “We were really good to keep the game level for 45 minutes,” the BBC said.
“We had more opportunities in the first half, but it takes certain spurts of creativity to overcome this kind of competition.
We didn’t have them, but they did. We wanted to go too quickly and began doing things that we hadn’t done in the first half.
We became worse because we altered our strategy for the game. “We were not as tight and combative as we normally are,
and Liverpool is a side that never lets up on its intensity.
We started giving up some space in the midfield. It’s challenging if you can’t match their 100 minutes of intense play.
They were beginning to win the middle duels, so we needed new legs, especially after we gave up.
However, we didn’t raise our game to the point where we could compete with Liverpool.”
