Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola was pleased to earn a narrow Carabao Cup win at Swansea City on Tuesday night.
The Cherries won 3-2 thanks to a late Ryan Christie goal to hand Iraola a first victory as manager.
Iraola told the Daily Echo: I think it was a game with two very different parts, two very different halves.
I think we started very bad. Probably the worst way to start, conceding a penalty and we were very slow to move the ball in the first half.
We only had to improve in the second half. I think the rhythm was different in the second half.
We moved the ball much quicker, the rhythm was much higher. And then we were in control of the game.
I think we should have probably won the game earlier, but in the end this is the cup and sometimes you have to suffer."