In better form in recent weeks, Ruben Amorim and his men were to confirm against Bournemouth this Monday evening. Because a success at Old Trafford would allow Manchester United to move up to fifth place after a very complicated start to the season. For the occasion, Yoro was back in the eleven, alongside Casemiro and Fernandes. Up front, Cunha was supported by Mbeumo and Mount to break through the Cherries defense, on a very bad run, with five matches in a row without winning.
The game started very strong from the start, with Diallo opening the scoring. The Red Devils striker had followed Cunha’s header pushed back by Petrovic and was able to open the scoring (1-0, 13th). The Red Devils were off to a good start and pushed to make the break straight away, but Cunha narrowly missed the target (19th). While Mbeumo saw his sublime acrobatic recovery pass just above Petrovic’s crossbar (36th). A lack of realism for which the Mancuniens paid dearly, since after losing the ball, Semenyo released a nice cross shot to equalize (1-1, 40th). But just before the break, Casemiro placed a header at the far post to restore the advantage to MU on the final corner of the first half (2-1, 45th+3).
A crazy second period
A hectic first period, but the second half was even more intense. Because Evanilson cooled Old Trafford just 40 seconds after kick-off by being perfectly launched on the edge of offside (2-2, 46th). And a few moments later, a nice free kick from Tavernier chilled the Mancunian public even more (3-2, 52nd). Which woke up the Red Devils, more threatening after being behind. It then took a sublime free kick from Fernandes to allow the locals to go for the equalizer (3-3, 77th).
And even better, since a poorly negotiated counter-attack by the Cherries defense offered Cunha the match point, to make Old Trafford exult (4-3, 79th). But obviously, this crazy match wasn’t going to stop there. After a Mancunian restart error, Kroupi was served in a very small space and was able to equalize with a nice flat foot (4-4, 84th). A crazy match, marked by a last crazy save from Lammens in front of Brooks (90th + 6), but the result will deprive Manchester United of a fifth place in the Premier League before going to Aston Villa. Bournemouth avoid another defeat and move up to 13th before going to Burnley.
