Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola is happy they're still alive in the Carabao Cup after victory over Stoke City.

The Cherries won 2-0 via goals from Dominic Solanke and Joe Rothwell.

Iraola said, "Especially in a cup competition the most important thing at the end is to be in the next round. I think the game in the first half was not good from our side, the rhythm was not good enough to make a difference.

"We needed the change of energy attitude-wise at the beginning of the second half to make a difference."

Stoke manager Alex Neil also stated: "I was encouraged the whole game, I just think it was two lapses. There was time for us to get the set-up right and make sure we don't concede but we just didn't deal with that well enough.

"I thought the organisation was good, the endeavour and effort was good, the passing and some of the movement was good. We just didn't really test the goalkeeper enough."