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Iraola 'very happy' as Bournemouth stun Luton with amazing fight-back

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola was delighted with his players after their stunning 4-3 win against Luton on Wednesday night.

The Cherries came from 3-0 down to win, with Antoine Semenyo scoring twice.

Iraola later said: : "It was a great win for us. We finished the game very happy obviously, but there were moments during the game where we were struggling and it was difficult to keep believing. The players did it and we could finish the comeback in the end.

: "It was good for us that we did something similar the other day. Against Sheffield United we scored two late goals and felt we could even win it at the end. We couldn't do it but there was a real feeling that we could do that again.

"Everything went for Luton in the first half, they were really clinical, every time they arrived [in the box] they scored. We needed something to happen early in the second half, the first goal from Dom was key. Then everyone started believing, we kept putting up the pressure and in the end we came back."

On his half time message, he added: "We wanted to get back playing as soon as possible. We ended the first half feeling very bad, they had just scored a third goal. We changed some things, made adjustments, changed some players. We dealt much better with the long balls, Morris hurt us a lot in the first half and we controlled that in the second.

"From there we attacked much better and then the goals came from that point onwards."

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