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Manchester United have been poor as soon as once more as they drew 2-2 with Bournemouth on the Vitality Stadium.
The consequence signifies that the Pink Devils have solely received one in all their final seven Premier League video games.
For big components of the sport, United have been second greatest to a way more threatening Cherries facet who had 20 photographs to the customer’s eight.
Nonetheless, two targets from captain, Bruno Fernandes, secured a draw for the Outdated Trafford facet.
Talking to BBC Match of the Day, Erik ten Hag claimed, “we all know we’ve got to win. We wish to battle, to compete for the highest positions. You see the sport, we struggled first half, [Harry] Maguire was struggling however he overcame as a result of we would have liked him to”.
The previous Ajax coach was rather more optimistic about his facet’s second half show and credited them for his or her response.
“The second half was significantly better, the great factor is we fought again twice from a dropping place. The workforce spirit is sweet”.
“By the top it may’ve been extra composed and calm and we may’ve performed extra possibilities out. The opponent was struggling as a result of they gave a lot vitality within the first half and there have been so many gaps however we didn’t profit from it.”
The United supervisor naturally lavished reward on his captain, who rescued the Pink Devils along with his brace and was inches away from a hat-trick when his dipping shot in first half stoppage time clipped the highest of the crossbar.
“Scoring twice, very inventive, it’s true he provides lots of vitality to the workforce. He’s performing as a captain, bringing the vitality and we’re more than happy with this. We’re all disenchanted however he expresses that feeling. We now have to win our video games and we’ve got dropped too many pointless factors in the previous few video games”.
Ten Hag lastly defended VAR’s determination to overturn a late penalty for the house facet.
“It was not a penalty, undoubtedly not. We conceded – within the final 4 video games – three penalties, and all of them have been debatable. The one we received immediately was additionally debatable”.
The Pink Devils should decide themselves up from one other disappointing consequence and efficiency once they tackle Coventry Metropolis subsequent Sunday within the FA Cup semi-final.
With Champions League soccer subsequent season virtually definitely out of attain, failure to get by way of to Wembley’s showpiece last may spell the top of the Dutchman’s time on the membership.
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