AFC Bournemouth drew 1-1 with Sunderland in a game with a number of contentious decisions, with neither fanbase particularly impressed with the officiating from Jarred Gillett.
Alex Jimenez challenged Enzo Le Fee in the opening minutes inside the Bournemouth box and the ref waved play on, with the VAR agreeing that there had been ‘normal contact’ so it wasn’t a penalty.
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Later in the first half, after Sunderland had taken the lead, Gillett deemed that Junior Kroupi had fouled keeper Roefs when the Dutchman was caught in possession and had the ball stolen off him by the Frenchman.
But Iraola believes that either the ref should have played on, and they would have scored with no keeper in position, or he should have shown Roefs the red card.
Besides the big decisions, Iraola wasn’t impressed with the officiating at the Vitality Stadium.
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“More than the big decisions, I complained about the rhythm into the game,” he told the Daily Echo.
“We haven't played continuously, we were all the time stopping the game, a lot of warnings, a lot of medical attentions.
“It has been really difficult to make the game a little bit, I don't know, entertaining almost, no?”
On the big calls, the boss added: “I think the first call of a penalty, I think it would have been a soft one because there is no contact low, it's just the kind of push.
“I think it's a soft one. I think Le Fee does a lot to go to the floor.
“We complained about the Roefs situation. I don't know if it's a red card because Roefs makes the foul to Junior Kroupi, or just leave the play to go and we score because we have the ball, there is no keeper.
“But he has decided, it's never a foul from Junior Kroupi. One thing or the other but never a foul from Junior Kroupi.
“More than the key decisions for me is to help a little bit to put rhythm into the game.”