Bournemouth 2-2 Leeds: Andoni Iraola slams "unacceptable" to award late Longstaff equaliser

Bournemouth caput manager Andoni Iraola has questioned the determination to grant Leeds United's precocious equaliser successful Wednesday's dramatic 2-2 draw astatine the Vitality Stadium.

The Cherries took the pb connected 2 abstracted occasions successful the Premier League gathering that was brought guardant owed to Leeds' engagement successful the FA Cup semi-finals.

Eli Junior Kroupi broke the deadlock connected the hr mark, lone to spot his 11th league extremity of the play cancelled retired by a James Hill ain goal.

Bournemouth restored their pb done Rayan's 85th-minute effort, earlier Evanilson had a extremity chalked disconnected successful the archetypal infinitesimal of stoppage time.

Leeds yet made afloat usage of that reprieve to salvage a constituent with Sean Longstaff's sweetly deed volley. 

Iraola slams determination to grant Leeds equaliser

The extremity was reviewed for a imaginable offside against Joel Piroe, but the VAR squad ruled that the Leeds striker had not impacted Djordje Petrovic's quality to prevention Longstaff's strike.

That was a determination that angered Iraola, who expressed his dissatisfaction successful an interrogation with BBC Match of the Day aft the game. 

"We are precise frustrated, precise angry," Iraola said. "To concede successful the 96th moment, I deliberation it's a wide offside. Piroe affects the keeper, he's astatine the broadside wherever the shot goes in. It's not acceptable.

"I americium waiting to speech to the referee. I anticipation helium explains it to me, but we've mislaid 2 points successful the past 2nd of the crippled with a subordinate offside affecting our keeper.

"He hasn't had the accidental to spell and dive oregon to spot the position, the trajectory of the ball. It has affected Petrovic and successful the aforesaid mode it's offside for Evanilson, he's 1 millimetre, but we person to judge it. This is the same. It affects Petrovic.

"It takes 2 points that are decisive successful this infinitesimal successful the season."

What are Bournemouth's last 4 Premier League fixtures?

Bournemouth person present gone 14 consecutive Premier League games without defeat, but they volition beryllium frustrated by the information that they missed the accidental to move into sixth position.

The Cherries climbed supra Chelsea into seventh place, though they volition beryllium wary that a fig of their rivals for European qualification person astatine slightest 1 crippled successful hand. 

Their adjacent outing volition beryllium against Crystal Palace, who are six points adrift successful 13th spot but person played 2 games little than the Cherries.

After taking connected the Eagles astatine the Vitality Stadium connected May 3, Bournemouth volition caput connected their travels for a gathering with Fulham and backmost location for a clash against rubric hopefuls Man City.

The season, and Iraola's tenure, volition extremity with a travel to the City Ground for a crippled against Nottingham Forest connected May 24.