Andoni Iraola hopes past impressive results will boost the team's confidence

The 24th round of the 2024/25 Premier League will see a focus match, with Bournemouth playing at home against Liverpool. Andoni Iraola said he hopes the outstanding results of the past will give his team more confidence to face this challenge.

Relying on Dango Ouattara's hat trick and goals from Kluivert and Semenyo, Bournemouth defeated Nottingham Forest 5-0 in the last round of the Premier League. They have remained unbeaten in the past 11 games. Bournemouth has also defeated strong teams such as Arsenal and Manchester City before.

Bournemouth currently ranks 7th in the standings with 40 points, while Liverpool ranks first with 53 points.

Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola said in an interview, "We must learn from our performances against Arsenal, Manchester City and other top teams. This will give us hope and make us understand that this is not an impossible task, and the gap between us and them is not as far as we thought."

"They are definitely better than us, but if everything goes well in the game, we can compete with them. Of course, it requires a bit of luck. In such a game against such an opponent, certain factors need to be on our side. But the starting point is the performance of the team. We have to play at a very high level and then see if we can seize the opportunity."

In addition, Andoni Iraola also said, "I don't think I am fearless. I have many fears. I certainly won't tell you, but I can guarantee that I have a lot of fears. Not in coaching and football, I always think that the biggest risk is not to take risks."

"We know very well how we want to play and in which style the team can perform better. We will try our best to implement this. Of course, we also know that the opponent may be stronger than us and may not let us play the way we want."