AMORIM BEARS BRUNT OF UGLY 3-0 LOSS TO BOURNEMOUTH – Thousands of frustrated fans head to the exits at Old Trafford before the final whistle
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim took responsibility for his team’s undoing in a depressing 3-0 loss to Bournemouth on Sunday (December 22) that saw thousands of frustrated fans head to the exits at Old Trafford well before the final whistle.
Dean Huijsen, Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo scored to keep United 13th in the table, the first time they have been in the bottom half at Christmas in Premier League history. Conceding from set pieces has become a theme of United’s woeful season and the issue reared its head again on Sunday when Huijsen headed home from a corner kick in the 29th minute.
It was the 17th goal that United have conceded from set pieces in the Premier League in 2024, the most by them in a single calendar year in the league’s 32-year history. United had 23 shots to Bournemouth’s 10, but simply could not finish, with captain Bruno Fernandes firing a flurry of shots just wide of the net late in the first half alone.
Bournemouth’s fourth league victory in five matches moved them to 28 points after 17 games. Bournemouth’s supporters gleefully sang “Man United, it’s happened again” in the dying minutes, in reference to the Cherries’ victory by the same score at Old Trafford last season.
