Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola spoke to BBC Match of the Day after his side’s victory over Nottingham Forest: “I think it was a solid performance. In the first half I think we played better. I was really pleased. We got ourselves into a deserved position at half-time.
“We started really strong and scored the two goals. You’re never confident – we had the [bad] experience at Crystal Palace last weekend.
“We wanted to keep a high rhythm. We knew they had a game against Porto a few days ago, so we knew the higher the tempo, the better for us.
“It’s definitely a very good start, but it’s just a start. This season, the differences between teams are so small. It’s going to be difficult for us to earn more points, but we have to try.”
On holding contract talks with owner Bill Foley: “We walk a lot. I told him he has to come more times – whenever he does we seem to get a good result. We’re going to have time to talk.
“We talk every day, but the season has just started.”
Bournemouth winger Marcus Tavernier also spoke to BBC MOTD: “I don’t think I’ve ever scored from a corner before. I’m not going to say I meant it.
“We’ve been focusing more on set plays because they’re such an important part of the game nowadays, but normally it’s just about aiming for an area [in the penalty box]. I’ll admit, that wasn’t the area I was aiming for.”
On Bournemouth’s position: “We’re not there by luck – it’s not been given to us. We’ve worked hard and got the results we wanted. We can enjoy this moment now, but we need to keep working hard to end up where we want to at the end of the season.”
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