Bournemouth pressing reigns supreme.

Andoni Iraola Bournemouth have punched above their weight this season.

Because of their ability to win the back back high up their pitch. They’re an excellent pressing team, and the visitors smelt blood on Sunday afternoon.

We saw a compact AZ team which pressed more sporadically take advantage of an unsure Tottenham build-up on Sunday, and although โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที the hosts had Romero back in the team here, Bournemouth constantly forced Postecoglou’s men into dangerous giveaways. They press with ferocity, no doubt, but there’s an efficient astuteness to their work too. Their timing is spot on, as are the angles the pressers take when closing space to make sure there’s no easy way out.

In the opening ten minutes, Bournemouth had record three shots on target having made just nine successful passes. Pressing alone should’ve seen them into a 2-0 lead (before they actually went up by a couple of goals).

Their intensity rarely ceased, although Spurs did produce a couple of slick sequences which allow them to progress upfield. Such instances were very rare, though, and Bournemouth, as a result, controlled the contest. They should’ve seen out the game without much fuss, but a questionable decision from Kepa meant they were pegged back late.