Stunners from Semenyo and Kluivert send Bournemouth second

13:11Marco Silva:And you're fully right in terms of asking him what preferred foot is he because not only this one but I think the go up at Anfield as well when he comes inside on his left foot he just always seems to get the perfect connection. Watch when he hits his ball it just sort of stays clean the back of the net rises up and he knows as soon as he gets a good purchase the pace and the power that he's got it's going to either one work the keeper or two even better it's going to go in the back of the net and then this is what football is all about for me. I think for me when you score a goal you should be able to do anything when you score in terms of celebrations but the joy and the smile there is just fantastic

13:47Jamie Redknapp:It seems like Bournemouth are really at the moment enjoying their football and it is testament as well they are second in the Premier League table I suppose that is sending a message as well isn't it to the rest of the Premier League table the rest of the Premier League teams around them as well Right we've heard from one goal scorer let's hear it from another then Justin Clover we can hear from him now he's been chatting to David Craig

14:09Marco Silva:Well, Justin, well done. Just in case you needed any confirmation, take a little look at that. Sandwich between Arsenal and Liverpool. There you are. How big is that statement tonight by Bournemouth? I think a big statement. Losing 1-0, having the team spirit to come back is just incredible. What did the manager say at half-time in particular? To be fair, I had to warm up outside so I didn't hear it.

14:35Steve Sidwell:But I believe, because I know the manager, we got to show ourselves more, do what we know, what we are. And that's high pressure, high energy. And I think we showed that second half.

14:45Marco Silva:Just tell us a little bit more about the manager. His tactical interventions from the bench at times seem almost like genius. How is it perceived by you, the players? No, he's incredible. If you see also the guys that have left the team and how we're doing at the moment, it's incredible. I always say the driver of the bus is the coach and he's driving a crazy route for us. So amazing driver. So, yeah, we follow him. How much is everybody enjoying that ride with him at the bus wheel? We love it. We love it. And he's showing the table second place. We keep humble because the season is long. But, yeah, who knows?

15:22Marco Silva:Who knows? Who knows? We go for the biggest possible. You had to sit and wait for your opportunity, which can be frustrating at times. But it is very much a squad game. Now, what did the manager say when he sent you on? Do what I do best.

15:35Steve Sidwell:And I think I showed that today. I said previous, we have a great team.

15:39Marco Silva:You know, a lot of great players. I haven't started the team at the beginning, you know. I was injured. So, we've done a great job. So, it's tough to come in the team again after a good season for me also. You have to show yourself every game again. And hopefully I show myself today again. At half-time, the manager talked to us. And he said, one of the things he'd said that you obviously missed when you were warming up was shoot on sight. Was that always your intention when you got in that position tonight? Definitely. And he also showed us that there are possibilities to shoot from outside the edge.

16:10Marco Silva:So with my shot, why not? You have to try it. Now I have to ask you about Anton Semen. We know he's very shy and he doesn't like talking about his success. How good is he? He's incredible. He shows it every game now and he's just world class and we are glad to have him. And what I said, we are a good team and he is the one who also scores goals for us and we appreciate that for sure. He's done an amazing job. Just quickly and finally, it's no fluke where you find yourselves in the table. The manager's playing it down, but what's possible even at this early stage for Bournemouth? It's early, what you say, but we've got to strive for the highest possible.

16:48Marco Silva:I always said the mentality that we have now

16:50Steve Sidwell:is not to look down but to look up and we will keep doing that. So the highest possible and we won't settle for less, no way.

16:56Marco Silva:Justin, well done. Thank you. Thank you very much. and have a good night.

17:01Jamie Redknapp:They're really good to hear there from Justin Clover. It is still early days in the season and you heard that last question there from David Craig about where can Bournemouth go? What heights can they reach, do you think?

17:12Marco Silva:They're second in the league, is that right?

17:13Jamie Redknapp:Yeah.

17:14Marco Silva:You see, there's only one way to look and that's looking up. I mean, there's some direction there. Look, it shakes up the Premier League. You know, at one point we thought that Liverpool was going to run away with it in the opening five games. you know now there's a few chinks that are starting to show in the big clubs and Bournemouth is certainly one that can upset a few Crystal Palace is another one you know they can reach big heights this season the way that they're playing the players that they've got you've got individuals and you've got a team with confidence under a coach that good they can go far this season Amazing sorry Pete

17:47Jamie Redknapp:I was going to say that Palace game after the international break is going to be interesting isn't it when Bournemouth play them

17:52Pien Meulensteen:Absolutely because they're two teams banging form two top managers sort of probably no disrespect to the teams they're out vying for you know the opportunity maybe if it were to come about and I think what else they've been so good at at Bournemouth is their recruitment you know they've not missed Kerkhez they've not missed Housen you know Zabani the players they've brought in the left back was brilliant last year Kerkhez but the players it just looks perfect there's no difference in the team and how they're playing the energy is still there they're in a fantastic position Now, it's going to be a long season.

18:26Pien Meulensteen:Squad depth is obviously going to play a part. But can they do something really? I think maybe get into the top six or something like that, because they deserve it. As long as they keep the manager, anything is possible because he is that big an asset to that club.

18:39Jamie Redknapp:OK, well, Bournemouth continuing their very good run at the moment, unbeaten in their last six Premier League games. And when we come back after the break, we will be hearing from both managers, Andonio Ayola and Marco Silva. You don't want to go anywhere.

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19:46Pien Meulensteen:welcome back to the sky sports premier league podcast let's get back to the studio for more reaction to today's game.

19:54Jamie Redknapp:Well, let's hear now from the Fulham manager, Marco Silva. He's been chatting to David Craig after this performance.

20:02Marco Silva:Marco, how frustrating a night has that turned out for you to find yourselves in from where you found yourselves in at one moment in that game?

20:11Steve Sidwell:Very tough. Very tough for us, the way we lost it. We had problems first 10, 15 minutes of the game. That was the moment they started better than us, we had some difficulties to adjust.

20:25Marco Silva:And you lose Sasha as well.

20:27Steve Sidwell:And when we lost Sasha, of course, was a moment for us to, and he's being a key player for us, of course, key player, the way we want to organise ourselves on and off the ball, he's being the soul of the team as well, the way he's so aggressive on and off the ball and give us many, many things that we need in that area of the pitch and it's been crucial. very tough after to lose Kenny and two strikers to lose now and Sasha was a difficult moment was a moment after of course speaking with the players with just some things there we gave some feedback for Tom Carney as well and we were just more and from that moment even losing him I think we started to control much better and the offensive or and movements from from them we knew that Cliverton, Semeny and Evan Nielsen plus Brooks they have a way to when they go more directly under the back line.

21:17Steve Sidwell:You have to be very aware of it and on a front foot. From that moment, we start to control very well. It's a bit more mid-low block that I like to see, but very well we did control. First half, after the 15 minutes, they were very balanced. We had some good moments to punish them more in offensive transition, contra-attack, missed last pass, last decision. But we arrived in dangerous areas as well, like they arrived as well, but not clear can't get justice for both teams. Second half, I think we started better and we started to control very well the game. We have longer possessions as well and the goal we score is a good example of it.

21:49Steve Sidwell:A very good collective goal from ourselves, good combination and penetration inside the box from a left wing back. We knew that if you, in the way you, without a striker, you wanted to give more freedom for the wide players like Timothy and Ceseno and the great pass from Chukwes and finishing. And the game was completely under control is what I want to say in that moment completely under control, not chances at all from them and two individual moments decided the game really.

22:20Marco Silva:Are those moments stoppable, preventable from your...?

22:23Steve Sidwell:1 % sure, the first one clear, when you have two against one on the side you have to be stronger on it. Our winger was Xucuese I think in that moment with Timo there, Xucuese did a great effort to be there and you have to be stronger in that moment, Timo knows that. and the second goal, a shot from the 25 yards. Of course, we have to let Clever to go out wide and not to dribble inside. It's clear, they are the basic things that you have to do. We didn't, of course, we were penalised by two individual moments for the players that they have that quality, that power and that place to do it.

22:59Marco Silva:How do you assess your Fulham team at the moment? People looking at the score tonight who haven't watched the game will think, oh, you know, 3-1 is a big scoreline. but is it a question of maybe you're not at this moment getting the rewards that you deserve for some of your football in certain games? Is there more that you can do with this group of players to be where you want to be?

23:22Steve Sidwell:No, definitely, yes. Definitely, yes. We have two and, of course, that is the moment. After last week, we were with two wins in a row where we reacted very well from the international break with two wins in a row. Of course, last game was a tough one for us and we started to lose key players as well. Of course, in a squad like ourselves made a massive impact. We count on all of them, but of course, it is difficult. Two games in a row to play with a striker is not an excuse for us, but we are completely different as a team. Definitely in that way, of course, Josh, Alex, they tried everything. They did a great job there to try always to play with the first nine, to not give the reference for them.

24:02Steve Sidwell:and when Alex came in, improved as well, our team in that moment. So that is, of course, the players are making an effort. I told from the first day of the season that we are going to need to be all together and the support from the fans because the season is going to be long and very tough for all the teams and for us it's going to be the same.

24:21Marco Silva:You have an international break now. You'll go away and reflect. Players will be away on international duty. Some will be here. What do you want to see in terms of return from Fulham after that international break?

24:33Steve Sidwell:We have to keep working hard. We don't have other way at all. The players, they executed the plan well. It was two individual moments that you should be strong. And football is like that. Tonight was a clear one. Collective point of view, we didn't give anything for them. That is clear. And individual moments when they come, we have to step in and we have to show our quality. And tonight, two players from Barmuth, they did it in a way that they decided again.

25:00Marco Silva:Marco, appreciate your time as always. Thank you very much. Good luck mate.

25:05Jamie Redknapp:I'm sure there's going to be frustration as well for Fulham fans, the fact that it's another 3-1 defeat where they were leading, they scored the first goal and another defeat away from home.

25:15Marco Silva:Yeah, I think it's just been really inconsistent for Fulham this season so far. What is it, seven games, they've lost three, drawn two, won two. The two that they've won, they've won at home, so they're struggling a little bit away from home in terms of hanging on to a lead. Last week against Aston Villa this evening, you go a goal up. They've shown resilience this season by coming back from behind against Brentford was one of them, scoring late on against Leeds, things like that. But it's just that game management, that personality, that character where sometimes, like this evening, the game doesn't have to be pretty.

25:49Marco Silva:If you want to win it ugly, you get the result, whatever ways that means. But sometimes they try to play the perfect way and try and get the next perfect goal where sometimes they just have to say, look, hold our hands up, we'll shut up, we'll get bodies behind, we'll get the win and then we'll go and just start a bit of momentum.

26:06Pien Meulensteen:Difficult about a striker as well, though, Steve. Very difficult. Him and Esmunez are important players. He likes to play with an out-and-out striker. He hasn't got that luxury at the moment. So he tried to play a different way, changed the system a little bit. It just didn't quite work out for them. Although, you know, they hang on, they end up winning one. They always say, well, didn't it work well? But that's sometimes the small margins in the Premier League. But it was a tough one. And as I say, if they're going ahead, you've got to try and hang in there and get that point and make sure that you get something out of the game.

26:33Pien Meulensteen:And then when you end up getting chin 3-1, it will certainly hurt. And you can see he's an emotional manager. He wants to win. It just wasn't his night.

26:39Jamie Redknapp:Let's have a look at that first goal. Ryan Setignon was able to take the lead for Fulham.

26:44Marco Silva:Yeah. And the game plan up until this moment was spot on. Stay in the game, keep a clean sheet so far. I said at the start to show that the two full backs, the wing backs, were going to be clinical tonight and pivotal into what goes on and there you see Sisson play the ball and then carry on his run this is what I love look again arms up he's got chalk on his boots you said Chuck Ways in in the middle there look at Sisson passes the ball in doesn't stand still goes on again and this pass here Jamie is just into his path and it's down to them to get the finish yeah it was a great piece

27:14Pien Meulensteen:of play because you just come on a sub Chuck Ways you see trying to get into the pace of the game the touches just sits up a little bit but then just scives it through to the two defenders and a brilliant finish as well by Session. It's been a good start to the season because if you thought last year when he looked at left back who it was it was always Anthony Robinson. At the moment he's having to sit on the bench and he's a player I really like. But so is Session. They're two talented players that are obviously trying for the same position. He can play as a wing back as well and that almost suits him.

27:41Pien Meulensteen:When he first got in the team he played wing back a lot. But he's had a really good start to the season.

27:45Jamie Redknapp:Yeah, OK. Well, Bournemouth were able to find the goals but those all-important goals as well. Let's hear now from their manager Andoni Iraiolo, what he thought at full time, he's been chatting to David Craig.

27:57Marco Silva:Well Andoni, well done. Let's start, if we can, at the end there with your celebrations with your colleagues. I've never quite seen you as animated as that. Just talk us through that.

28:08Andoni Iraola:Yeah, probably it's the best goal to score, because if you score the 2-1, it's important, but you still have some minutes to play. The 3-1 is definitive and we've enjoyed it. It has been a difficult game, it has been a hard game and to win and come back after conceding the first goal I think is important.

28:26Marco Silva:Our pundits in the studio have been talking a lot about how you affect games, changes in tactics, changes in personnel from the substitutes bench. What's going through your mind, Andoni, when you fall a goal behind 70 odd minutes on the clock?

28:40Andoni Iraola:Yes, obviously you have to risk, there is no other chance, you are losing, I don't 20 minutes a minute, 15 minutes, but at the end you have to risk. Basically, put all the offensive players that you can, you risk going man to man everywhere almost. But this is especially the merit of the players. We are talking about this because Antoine scored an amazing goal, Justin scored an amazing goal, and even the counter. I think you make the changes, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work, but for me the big merit is from the players that make the difference.

29:17Marco Silva:When you talk about risk, how do you balance risk and reward from a coach's perspective? I think when you are losing you don't have to balance a lot.

29:25Andoni Iraola:It's like in that moment you don't have points, so you have to try to change the game. Sometimes it works, sometimes they could have scored the second one and they killed you because you have just basically Bafo defending alone in the middle of your defence. But I think it's made from the players because one thing is to put offensive players or to try to change things but at the end they've been very, very difficult goals, I would say. I would give them all the merit.

30:00Marco Silva:Let's talk a little bit more in depth about Anton Semenois. He's in the form of his life at this moment in time. How much have you seen him grow as a player? How much are you encouraging him to express himself?

30:12Andoni Iraola:I think he is a player now with confidence. He has been growing every season. We've been with him even before we arrived. Because he has played in lower divisions, has gone earning his way to the Premier League and now he's improving, improving. And when a player is with confidence, sometimes these things happen. And he has obviously big abilities. Sometimes the other day against Leeds, for example, it wasn't his best game, but he had one free kick, he's adding things to his game and it's obviously very fundamental for us.

30:46Marco Silva:Can he get better?

30:47Andoni Iraola:I hope so, I hope so. I think he's improving every time and we have to encourage him not only on the balls, I try to make him focus not on the numbers. He's not going to be better because he scores one goal or more, one more assist. It's because he helps the team more and this is our our fight with him and we will try to keep him there in this level.

31:08Marco Silva:One player who's never shot on confidence is Justin Klaiver. He said he didn't hear your team talk at half-time or you and I speak about shooting on sight at half-time. But was that what you wanted to see from your players tonight? See the goal, take a shot?

31:22Andoni Iraola:Yes, because we talked during the half-time, a comfortable evening. I think it's raining, windy for the keepers. You don't want to receive this kind of balls and I don't think it has been because of the weather, because he has an amazing finish, top corner, power, and he scored a couple of these kind of goals, and it has arrived in the best moment, because we were pushing, still 1-1, and we needed this goal to even create more momentum and finish the game like we did.

31:54Marco Silva:I'm going to finish on your least favourite subject, which is where you are in the table. What are your thoughts at this moment in time?

32:01Andoni Iraola:No, I value the 14 points we have. This is for us. We need more, like every team, and we have to keep building on this. We know after the break we have a very difficult schedule. We play in the next break, I think, Palace away, City away, Bill away. So this doesn't get... It never is easy, but especially we have now a difficult schedule. But it's good to arrive with a good amount of points. I wouldn't if we are against six or whatever after the other team's time it doesn't matter really it's about the points now it's about building the team and I hope we take a breath that I think the players deserve and we go again Well done

32:42Marco Silva:Thank you Thank you

32:44Jamie Redknapp:Well we're going to end the show the way that we started with talking about just how good of a job Anderio Iola has done for Bournemouth

32:51Pien Meulensteen:Yeah he's incredible what an asset to the club I think he can manage any team in world football I genuinely mean that. He's got so much quality. He improves players, gives young players opportunities, the system's great, everything that you do is very progressive, it's exciting, it's on the front foot. So yeah, I would say he's one of the best managers in world football right now. They've just got to enjoy him while he's here. How long? Who knows. But when you think about Eddie Howe there, Scott Parker's doing a great job at Burnley, Gary O 'Neill did a really good job and obviously now Andoni.

33:18Pien Meulensteen:Amazing manager at such a small club.

33:20Marco Silva:I just think he simplifies the game. As a footballer, when you go onto the pitch, You just want two or three instructions. You know, don't overcomplicate. I think that's what he does. That you look at the way that Bournemouth play, high intensity, you know, win the ball as high up the pitch as we can. I think they've got the second longest passes in the Premier League just behind Everton. So they go direct, they know how to sort of turn teams and play to their strengths. And they've got the players around there that do that. No egos, they know their jobs, know their roles. And it looks like everyone's enjoying themselves.

33:50Marco Silva:I'd love to have played under him.

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