Andoni Iraola reacting after Bournemouth defeated Newcastle United 2-1 at St James’ Park.
The Cherries moving into the top eight in the Premier League.
Andoni Iraola hoping to end his Bournemouth stay on a high, with now only five games remaining until he leaves the south coast club.
Andoni Iraola reflecting on the 2-1 win on Tyneside: “Very pleased, I think we played really well. We enjoyed playing it… At 1-1 the game changes, which was expected, but we showed composure to keep playing and 2-1 is a lovely goal, we deserved it.”
Bournemouth leading at half-time, only for William Osula to equalise on 68 minutes.
Then with Newcastle United to an extent in the ascendancy, it was Truffert who scored the winning goal for Bournemouth with five minutes left to go.
Andoni Iraola saying: “This is a very difficult place to come as an away team. Newcastle are so fast in the last line that you can lose those races but overall we have defended really well.”
Only five weeks to go until the end of the 2025/26 season.
Andoni Iraola asked what he and his team can achieve before his departure: “We are in a good place and arriving at an important part of the season. We are trying to keep this unbeaten run going as long as we can, because the players have shown me they will take no days off, we tried to continue playing, to keep the ball and I think that’s the way the second goal has arrived.”
Newcastle 1 Bournemouth 2 – Saturday 18 April 2026 3pm
Match Stats
Goals:
Newcastle United:
Osula 68
Bournemouth:
Tavernier 32, Truffert 85
Possession was Newcastle 54% Bournemouth 46%
Total shots were Newcastle 12 Bournemouth 12
Shots on target were Newcastle 3 Bournemouth 3
Corners were Newcastle 2 Bournemouth 3
Touches in the opposition box Newcastle 40 Bournemouth 24
Newcastle team v Bournemouth:
Ramsdale, Livramento (Burn 74), Thiaw, Botman, Hall (Trippier 46), Miley, Tonali (Woltemade 86), Ramsey (Bruno 62), Osula, Barnes, Elanga (Jacob Murphy 62)
Unused subs:
Pope, Wissa, Alex Murphy, Willock