[Opposition Watch] Adams and Cook unavailable for Friday : Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola confirmed Tyler Adams will miss Friday’s game: “Tyler [Adams] is not going to be available.” Adding that Lewis Cook won’t be back yet either but hopes to use the break to get them back fit.

**Also**

**’I like what Carrick is doing’**

**Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola on Michael Carrick:**

“Definitely a top player. And I think we are also seeing as a manager everything that he had as a player, how he understood the game. They always say the best managers are midfielders, and he was one of the best.

“I like what he’s doing. I don’t know him personally, but I also like how he speaks, how he makes everything about the team, about the players, and I think they are doing fantastically.”

**Difficult to think Bournemouth can get clean sheet against Man Utd**

**A final word from Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola, on the challenge of stopping Man Utd from scoring on Friday:**

“I wouldn’t say impossible, but very difficult to think that we can get another clean sheet against United. They are scoring goals for fun lately.

“They continue scoring more or less the same amount of goals [under Michael Carrick], but the improvement has been in the other side. They are not conceding goals, but I would say even they are not conceding chances, that is even more difficult.”

Iraola always comes across as such a sound guy, just loves football and wants to coach his team to play good football