ANDONI Iraola insists Cherries “fought until the end” against Sheffield United, but said of the 2-2 draw “I don’t think it’s a good result for us”.

Chris Wilder’s Blades arrived at Vitality Stadium bottom of the Premier League table, having been humbled 6-0 at home by Arsenal a few days earlier.

But they took a shock 2-0 lead against Cherries, courtesy of goals from Gustavo Hamer and Jack  Robinson.

The hosts rallied, eventually snatching a share of the spoils with late goals from Dango Ouattara and Enes Unal.

Reflecting on the result, which keeps Cherries 11 points clear of the relegation zone, head coach Iraola said: “I don’t think it’s a good result for us. We wanted the three points.

“But it is true that we have to value one, because the team fought until the end.

“I think we could have even finished the comeback, because we finished much stronger physically than them.

“We were putting on the pressure, we had some chances. But we couldn’t do it.”

Asked if he was surprised by the performance of Sheffield United, Iraola added: “It is more or less what we expected.

“I think we struggled, especially with the long balls to (Oli) McBurnie.

“They were going very direct and he was not just winning them, leaving balls there where they could have second chances.

“They were having good opportunities to attack, from these direct balls, when he was fighting for them.

“But I think later we could control the game.  We were putting a lot of pressure on them.

“We had a lot of chances, shots, crosses, set plays.

“We scored the goals, but probably we should have scored more.

“Today the game didn’t go in our side. We missed a penalty with a slip and in these kind of games, you want to go ahead, because they have to change tactics and then the game becomes different.”

Cherries return to action on Wednesday night, hosting Luton Town (7.30pm).