Bournemouth lost to Ipswich and Iraola believes the team's attack lacked efficiency

In the 30th round of the 2024/25 Premier League, Bournemouth lost 1-2 to newly promoted Ipswich Town after falling behind by two goals thanks to Evanilson's goal. Andoni Iraola said that his team's offense in the game lacked the efficiency of the past.

Julio Enciso passed the ball in the 34th minute, and Broadhead received it and shook off the defense and shot into the goal, helping Ipswich to open the scoring with a score of 1 to 0. In the 60th minute of the second half, Connor Townsend assisted Liam Delap to score, helping Ipswich to continue to lead Bournemouth 2-0.

In the 67th minute, Lewis Cook tried to shoot but was blocked by the Ipswich goalkeeper. Evanilson got the ball and scored, helping Bournemouth to equalize the score 1-2.

Bournemouth was unable to score again in the following period and eventually lost to Ipswich 1-2 at home. After only 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 5 rounds, Bournemouth is currently ranked 10th in the standings with 44 points.

Unfortunately, Bournemouth lost to Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals and failed to advance to the semi-finals to continue competing for the championship.

Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola said in an interview, “I think we have not won five consecutive league games, and we should have gotten more points in these games. When you are in a bad period, everything seems to be more difficult, and it is more difficult to score goals. The team needs to create more opportunities and more offense, but all the little details seem to be against you.”

"We were awarded a penalty but it was ruled out by VAR, just a little bit outside the box. If the team was in good form, it would have been deflected into the net with just a touch, and we didn't have the clarity and efficiency in attack that we had earlier this season."

Andoni Iraola also pointed out, "We tried a lot of ways and wanted to improve the quality of the ball, so we replaced Marcos Senesi, who had strong organizational ability in the first stage of the game. We also made different attempts at right back. Adam Smith's plan was to play 45 minutes because he played 20 minutes in the last game and made some combinations with Lewis Cook and Dean Huisen at certain moments."

“Then, when we were controlling the game more and creating more chances, we changed our positions, moving Tango Ouattara to the left, Semenyo and Brooks to the right, and even playing with two strikers. However, these efforts were still not enough to help us score goals and win points.”

In addition, Andoni Iraola also said, "I think we do lack that clarity now. After observing the data, we had 27 shots and the opponent only had two shots on target. When they have the ball in the opponent's half, they return to defense in numbers and defend tightly in the penalty area, so the team's chances are naturally not too high, and they don't give us too much space to attack."

"Some of our long shots failed to score, and the opponent blocked a lot of shots. We failed to create enough threats and lacked the pressure that made the opponent feel painful. We will analyze the data in detail. There is definitely offensive volume, but what is lacking is the efficiency that can change the game."