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DANNY MURPHY: Dominic Solanke allows Andoni Iraola to follow Marcelo Bielsa's footprint

The spirit of Marcelo Bielsa is back in the Premier League thanks to Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola and he must be thankful to have a striker like Dominic Solanke to help turn his vision into reality.

Though Iraola is Spanish, he’s not all about dominating possession and prettily passing out from the back.

For him, the philosophy is pressing high up the pitch to win the ball in dangerous areas. It requires his team to be super-fit and aggressive. It carries high risk too — in some matches they may get a good beating if teams are good enough to play around them.