Long read: AFC Bournemouth need to organise their chaos

Usage of the term applied to Iraola stems from Sid Lowe, an English journalist viewed as an expert of the Spanish game, but now even the players at Vitality Stadium are using it, as evidenced by Jaidon Anthony in a recent interview.

So prominent, it has now spread to Merseyside, with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp borrowed it to talk about Cherries in the build-up to Saturday’s game.

But to have chaos of an organised nature, it must first exist, prior to being wrangled into a benefit rather than a hinderance.

Against West Ham on the opening day there were signs of what Cherries are trying to do under Iraola, but a lack of fluency that could be excused by a squad hampered by injury and lack of time on the training ground.

In the second half a more direct approach looked closer to the product promised when Iraola was appointed, but there still felt an amount of restraint that needed training out of Cherries’ game.

Asked if he felt the performance against Liverpool had been improved compared to the opening game, Cherries head coach stated that they had been completely different games.

Whilst it is not hard to see improvement when the benchmark set from last season was a 9-0 thrashing, but hope in Cherries’ new look certainly was not knocked at Anfield.

There was plenty on show, especially in the frantic opening stages.

It is difficult to deduce whether it was Cherries’ intensity that unsettled the Liverpool defence early on, or whether the hosts were shaken by their own mistakes, a vicious feedback loop that took a while to halt.

Against inferior defences to Jurgen Klopp’s backline, it is not hard to imagine Cherries causing problems and leaving defenders constantly looking over their shoulders.

Antoine Semenyo took the chance handed to him when he was named in the starting XI, highlighting the qualities that make him an attractive option if the attack needs refreshing.

Off the bench on the opening day his directness and willingness to drive at players with the ball caused issues for West Ham, and again he looked threatening and bullish when in possession.

Whilst Dominic Solanke can be accused of taking too long on the ball before shooting inside the box, Semenyo loves to fire off an effort sooner rather than later.

It was this tendency that inadvertently led to the equaliser against the Hammers, a massive deflection to a Semenyo shot sending it nicely into the path of Solanke.

This time the ball could not have flown more purely after leaving the right boot of the Ghanaian international.

Against West Ham, the extent of Marcos Senesi and Illia Zabarnyi’s offensive contributions were long balls lofted from the back, only creeping forward when Cherries were controlling possession and were passing amongst themselves on the half-way line.

It could not have been any different away at Liverpool. Instantly Senesi’s ball over the top wrecked havoc behind the Reds’ backline, an offside flag their only respite.

Even when Cherries were hanging on and trying to repel wave after wave of Liverpool attacks, Senesi found the time and opportunity to surge forward.

At one point it was just the Argentine and striker Solanke leading a Cherries counter, the centre-back playing a one-two and surging forward to support the attack.

In the same answer he gave when asked if he thought it had been an improved performance from the opening day, Iraola shared how there had been good things and bad things in both games.

Milos Kerkez will not come up against many tougher tests than Mohamed Salah, but Saturday was a reminder that the Hungarian is still a teenager without big league experience.

Frequently Liverpool looked to overload Cherries on the flanks, and usually to big effect, particularly on the left of Cherries’ defence.

There was a lot of space left in between the full-back and winger on either side of the pitch for Cherries, with each of the two central midfielders, Joe Rothwell and Philip Billing, tasked with coming out wide to help out.

One of Liverpool’s summer acquisitions, Dominik Szoboszlai, has played a lot of his football out on the wing prior to arriving at Anfield, and found the experience useful up against Rothwell.

The Hungarian was deployed more centrally on Saturday but frequently exploited the space between Kerkez and Jaidon Anthony.

At times Kerkez found himself being ganged up on by Salah and his fellow countryman Szoboszlai, Liverpool frequently getting in behind on that side of the pitch.

More used to an advanced role, Rothwell struggled to keep tabs on Szoboszlai, and the less said about the clumsy challenge on the former Leipzig man that gave away a penalty, the better.

This was evident for Liverpool’s equaliser, Kerkez dragged out wide to deal with his international team mate.

This then had a knock-on effect, with Marcos Senesi applying pressure to Diogo Jota on the left-hand side of the box.

Kerkez occupied by Szoboszlai, Salah had free reign, and it is likely that Jota’s intended pass it a cutback to the Egyptian. Unfortunately, Senesi turns the ball into the path of Luis Diaz, who produced a bit of magic to restore parity.

After the game, Iraola spoke about the key moments that have to go in your favour in order to win against the big teams.

He was not solely referring to the referee's decisions that left a bad taste in the mouth – although Liverpool were left seething over Alexis Mac Allister’s dismissal – but decisive events in the game that did not go in Cherries’ favour.

Two of Liverpool’s three goals were aided by deflections. Neto’s reaction to the third was of a goalkeeper who felt he should have done better with the first shot which was blocked back into his midriff.

The slight adjustment to the ball’s trajectory saw the Brazilian spill it into the path of the unmarked Jota.

Most of the Cherries squad that played some part of the defeat would have walked off the pitch feeling like there was again room from improvement, but galvanised by the fact they could very much go toe-to-toe away at giants such as Liverpool if they receive the rub of the green.

Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards, but defeat at Anfield definitely did not feel like a misstep in the progression of Iraola’s identity.