Manager Eddie Howe was quoted after the match as saying on BBC Radio Solent: "I thought [in the] first half, we were excellent. Saying that I've got to give credit to Bury, I thought they battled and they showed great spirit like we thought they would. They were a tough nut to crack - you could see from the bench, the limited resources at the moment. [But] They gave everything in their pursuit of trying to get points to stay up and certainly wish them well in that. The equaliser rocked us a little bit. Once we got the second goal, which I think was the big goal in the game, it was quite comfortable for us. We've got excellent creative players in the team and I think that's shown today by four different goalscorers".