He arrived in the Premier League last July 2023 and, since then, Andoni Iraola has shown that, from a modest but absolutely hard-working and conscientious profile, you can do great things in what is considered by many to be the most competitive league in the world. soccer planet.
Yesterday, his Bournemouth team was able to make Manchester United blush at Old Trafford. Something that on the other hand is no longer something remote, bringing out the colors of the Red Devils, who, more than ever, are fuming.
Because yes, the Basque coach, who had already shown signs in his time as coach of Rayo Vallecano for his magnificent work in the Madrid team, is signing at Bournemouth the dream league for any fan of the Dorset county team.
In any case, and although it seems somewhat remote for Bournemouth to win in a place as complicated as Old Trafford, it is by no means the first time they have won there.
Without going any further, last year they conquered the Manchester United field and, furthermore, by the same result, 0-3, with goals from Solanke, Billing and Senesi.
In Europe
After having finished last year in a more than creditable 12th position, today it occupies fifth place in the English competition, in the course in which everything seems to have gone crazy in the British Isles, with even Nottingham Forest in fourth place, and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in seventh place and 12 points behind Liverpool, the only one that seems not to have suffered from the latest changes to its structure.
But what is palpable is that the 0-3 that Bournemouth gave to Ruben Amórim’s supposed new Manchester United is not a flash in the pan. Iraola’s men, in addition to the victory at Old Trafford, have beaten Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal (0-2), Manchester City (2-1), Tottenham (1-0) and have tied 1-1 with Aston Villa. Unai Emery.
Bournemouth are unbeaten in five games, of which four have ended in victory, three of them away from home. And in his stadium,
Only Liverpool, who continue to do their thing, have given them a resounding 3-0 and Chelsea won by the minimum at home. Bournemouth will end the year with the visit of Crystal Palace and the London duel against Fulham.
