Despite taking in this game from the stands owing to a one-match touchline ban, for Andoni Iraola this latest Bournemouth win made deeply satisfying viewing. He must have felt rather comfortable in the front row of the directors’ box as supporters sang his name on repeat during a somewhat routine sixth victory in seven matches, a near-flawless run that has swiftly eradicated early season concerns – externally if not within – about Bournemouth’s direction of travel.
Fulham were the latest side to be dispatched, with a penalty from the in‑form Dominic Solanke and strikes from Justin Kluivert and Luis Sinisterra hoisting them into the top half of the table. Iraola could not hide his delight as Sinisterra, a substitute, sealed victory in style in second-half stoppage time.
