Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola was pleased to earn a narrow Carabao Cup win at Swansea City on Tuesday night.

The Cherries won 3-2 thanks to a late Ryan Christie goal to hand Iraola a first victory as manager.

Iraola told the Daily Echo: “I think it was a game with two very different parts, two very different halves.

“I think we started very bad. Probably the worst way to start, conceding a penalty and we were very slow to move the ball in the first half.

“We only had to improve in the second half. I think the rhythm was different in the second half.

“We moved the ball much quicker, the rhythm was much higher. And then we were in control of the game.

“I think we should have probably won the game earlier, but in the end this is the cup and sometimes you have to suffer."