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Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola was furious with ref Matt Donohue after defeat to Brentford.

Dominic Solanke scored in the 2-1 loss, but also had two goals denied by the match officials.

I finished very angry with the referee, obviously," said Iraola.

Very disappointed. Because I think we scored two goals in the first half, that should be allowed.

We are coming from the last games with decisions that have all gone against us.

All the decisions since we are safe have gone against us.

Today it was two key moments for me. The first goal, they called a handball that comes from a rebound.

According to the rules, it's not on purpose, it's a rebound, he (Semenyo) cannot do anything. He is not the one scoring the goal, because if he scores the goal, I understand with the rules it has to be disallowed, even if it is not on purpose.

But there is a pass, it is another play and then the VAR only intervenes when it is clear and obvious, like they told us last week against Arsenal. He decides to intervene.

The second one is even worse, because he doesn't even give VAR the chance to correct, because we score the goal one or two seconds after calling a foul.

Even if the VAR sees in the replay it is not a foul, they have no chance to overturn it, because he has whistled before scoring.

They can say 'no, we heard the whistle and that's why we haven't defended properly in the last second'.

I think they are very important mistakes. They take points and positions in the table from us.

But I know that nothing is going to change."

Asked why he was booked, Iraola confirmed: Because I was complaining, obviously.

Of course I deserved yellow card, because I had to complain.

Every week there is a moment your players, your club, everyone is losing points, losing games because they are not taking the correct decisions and they are not consistent with their interventions.

I am very disappointed."

This article first appeared on Tribal Football and was syndicated with permission.

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