Manchester United hits rock bottom against Bournemouth

We knew that Manchester United were fragile this season. Because each time the Red Devils won against teams from the second half of the standings, it was often narrowly or against the run of play. In short, they gave the impression of not having a lot of margin against the “little ones”, which was confirmed this Saturday, since Erik ten Hag’s players, as part of the 16th day of the Premier League, lost heavily at home against Bournemouth (0-3 ), who were ranked in 15th place before this match, and who had never won at Old Trafford in their entire history until then.

This setback for the Red Devils turns out to be quite logical, in the sense that defensively, they showed a wait-and-see attitude, and left a lot of space to their opponents, while in the offensive phase, they demonstrated an incredible lack of coordination. . In this sense, the choice of ten Hag to have established Anthony Martial at the forefront, who only shot once on goal before his replacement in the 55th minute, and who lost 11 balls, was not a great success. At the same time, the Cherries had an almost perfect match, scoring through Dominic Solanke (0-1, 5th), who cut a cross from Lewis Cook, then Philip Billing (0-2, 68th) and Marcos Senesi (0-3, 73rd), who each headed crosses delivered by Marcus Tavernier.

Ten Hag threatened

Following this humiliating poor performance, Manchester United sees its sixth place weakened, as is now the place on the bench of ten Hag, which today appears very threatened, because it is the sixth defeat at home to MU this season, in all competitions. Moreover, at the same time, Brighton, who will host Marseille on Thursday, conceded a disappointing draw (1-1) at home against the penultimate, Burnley. The Clarets opened the scoring with a young Frenchman, Wilson Odobert, 19, whose deflected shot deceived Bart Verbruggen. The Seaguls equalized thanks to Simon Adingra, who headed a good serve from Pascal Groß (1-1, 77th). Brighton remains 8th, but could be overtaken on Sunday by West Ham, who travel to Fulham.

Furthermore, Sheffield United won at home against Brentford (1-0). The only goal of the match was a little masterpiece by James McAtee, with a curling shot from the left which ended up in the opposite corner (45+1). Despite this success, the Blades remain last in the Championship. Finally, Wolverhampton and Nottingham Forest separated with a score of 1-1, Matheus Cunha, who scored on a cross from Pablo Sarabia (0-1, 32nd), having responded to Harry’s opening score Toffolo, who headed a cross from Neco Williams (0-1, 14th).