For the club where time is forever in short supply, Nottingham Forest’s reversion to a no-nonsense manager may take a while. Though not every opposing team will play like Bournemouth; Andoni Iraola’s team climbed to second in the Premier League, delivering portions of the football from the gods that makes their manager one of the game’s hottest properties.
After scoring directly from a corner through Marcus Tavernier – set pieces continuing to haunt Forest, with this the 12th conceded from this season – there was further evidence of Bournemouth’s elite talent scouting. Eli Junior Kroupi, 19, from the Cherries’ sister club, Lorient, followed up last week’s double at Crystal Palace with a lashing finish.
