Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola, speaking to BBC MOTD: “Before the game it wouldn’t have been a bad point but considering we were playing against 10 for more than 45 minutes it’s disappointing.
“We didn’t have the creativity and you have to be super creative or shoot from very far. We couldn’t find the chances.
“It feels like a missed opportunity. Two more points would have been lovely for us. But we are still in the fight [for Europe]. We have to keep going. We have five games remaining and are in the fight.”
On Bournemouth achieving a new club record Premier League points tally: “We still have five games to add more points.”
On whether Alex Scott should have been sent-off after a foul while on a yellow card: “No, I don’t think so.”
On reports of a new contract: “No, Bill [Foley] is coming to the Manchester United game next week. We’ll talk but nothing special.”
Keith Hackett slammed referee Samuel Barrott for an “unacceptable level of inconsistency” after showing Crystal Palace’s Chris Richards a red card against Bournemouth.
Having seen the footage, ex-PGMOL chief Hackett said to :
“Sadly, this referee, who has performed well throughout the season, has demonstrated an unacceptable level of inconsistency.
“If he believes that this challenge warranted a second yellow, then so did the first [Scott’s foul on Sarr].
“On this one, that resulted in a second yellow, the forward went to ground too easily, and the actions of running towards the referee are unacceptable.
“A soft second yellow.”
: Is it any wonder supporters have little faith in officials? An astounding lack of consistency.
: Genuinely…. Compared to the standard of football. The Premier League has the WORST officials in the world. Every week it’s clanger after clanger. No wonder the Palace players were fuming. 😡
: He’s the one that blew up for Eze’s goal bound free-kick at Brentford and also booked Eze for diving against Everton when replays show it should have been a penalty. Barrott’s place of birth: Brighton.
: Don’t think any of them should be second yellow cards, but how the referee feels the first one isn’t a second yellow but then Richards’ is .. is beyond me 🙄 We probably have the worst referring standards of all 5 major European leagues
: He’s the rising star in the ranks too, just shows how bad they all are.
: no idea how the best league in the world has by far the worst officials but it is what it is
: I don’t think any of them were worth a 2nd yellow. The problem is he made it a problem for himself for giving one of them when it didn’t warrant it.
: Wow i thought it was bad in real time but looking at this makes it even worse!
: Absolutely disgusting, the ref ruined the game, Scott should have gone off too, the @premierleague has by far the worst officials in the world.
: Honestly no words to describe how crap the officiating was today and we should be expecting a big apology from PGMOL but we won’t will we
@Dingle8tor: Absolute fucking joke. Was out of his league today. Completely ruined the match.