Barely five minutes into the second half when Bournemouth were awarded a free kick in a pleasant spot. Tavernier got behind the ball and placed the ball well into the short corner. Only: that was Senne Lammens’ corner. The Red Devil was also somewhat let down by his wall that opened, but could he have done better himself? In any case, he didn’t go all out…
Before that, the spectators at Old Trafford had already seen a lot. After more than ten minutes of football, Diallo had already given the Mancunians the lead. For a long time there seemed to be no problem, until five minutes before half-time, Semenyo demolished Lammens from an acute angle with a good shot.
Not only Senne Lammens had a bad moment during the match. His colleague on the other side also did not go all out with one of his four goals. Dorde Petrovic misjudged a header from Casemiro, who headed United back into the lead just before half time.
But Man U couldn’t enjoy that for long. The first minute of the second half had not yet passed when Bournemouth leveled for a second time. At Man U they were still sleeping a bit and Evanilson made it 2-2, after which Tavernier immediately made it 2-3 from a free kick.
We can do that too, the Mancunians thought. In just two minutes, Man U completely turned the situation around: first Bruno Fernandes made it 3-3 with a wonderful free kick – which was really untenable – and two minutes later Matheus Cunha seemed to give United the 3 points.
Seemed like, because it wasn’t over yet. Bournemouth substitute Junior Kroupi suddenly saw the United defense split open and dove into the free space to outwit Senne Lammens for a fourth time. The Red Devil had no story.
But the last word still belonged to Senne Lammens. In the absolute final phase, Bournemouth had a great chance to score the winning goal, but with a great leg reflex Lammens kept Brooks’ header out of the goal and secured a point for United (4-4).
For Man U it was already the third home game in a row that they could not win against the modest Bournemouth. The previous two seasons they lost each time. Due to the loss of points, Manchester United drops to sixth place with 26 points, ten points behind leader and title favorite Arsenal. Bournemouth is thirteenth with five points less.
