ANDONI Iraola was not happy with his Cherries’ side’s ill-discipline in their defeat at Sunderland – but he was hugely frustrated at the performance of referee Tim Robinson.
Bournemouth conceded a penalty, had four bookings and saw Lewis Cook sent off as they spurned a two-goal advantage to lose 3-2 at the Stadium of Light.
Iraola said discipline was a problem, but told the Daily Echo: “If you are a Bournemouth supporter or you wear the badge of Bournemouth today, I think everyone will get a yellow card or red card.
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“I got the yellow card. My assistants, I think Tommy [Elphick] got the yellow card, Shaun [Cooper] got a yellow card.
“I think the players, you have to have your head level. But I think he has been so influenced in the referee today.
“I wanted to score the 3-3 so I could even complain more about the referee. Now when you lose it looks like bad loser, you complain about the referee.
“I think he has absolutely lost control of the game. I think starting with the penalty. But it's not even one decision.
“The other day we discussed about the red card of Kiliman or not, it’s one decision, okay. The third goal is coming from a foul that it cost Amine Adli I think in the halfway line. There is nothing there.
“There is a part where we have to look at ourselves especially defensive set plays, it’s costing us a lot last games, a lot. I think 80 per cent of the goals we conceded in the last three, four games come from set plays.
“But there is a part where absolutely the referee has been very influential. Very, very influential.”
Discipline was costly for the Cherries, with a quick turnaround for the visit of Everton on Tuesday.
Cook is suspended after his red card, while Marcos Senesi and David Brooks picked up their fifth bookings of the season to see them out of the Toffees game.
Asked about the impact of that ill-discipline, Iraola said: “Very important players for us and for sure, I will show them the images but I think it's very difficult for me.
“It was very difficult. I've been shown a yellow card and they could show me the second one also, because it’s a game that I think we were playing very well and we are controlling.
“The penalty there is a foul on Tavernier five seconds before and when you call a penalty, the VAR is checking five minutes, five minutes, a decision that should be okay, we see 20 seconds, 30 seconds.
“This five-minute check in, I really expected to overturn it because when you are checking five minutes, they know it's a mistake, but they don't know if it's big enough mistake for the VAR to intervene or not.
“I think they are in this process because otherwise you don't spend five minutes checking a penalty.”
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