Man Utd rescue late draw at Bournemouth in Premier League
Semenyo put Bournemouth ahead before Evanilson sent off for foul after VAR check
Cherries stay 10th, while Red Devils move up to 14th
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Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola to BBC Match of the Day: "It is frustrating because the two points are massive. It changes our position in the standings a lot."
On the red card: "It is common sense. Everyone who has played football knows he has slipped. He doesn't catch him with the ball that goes high. The referee who is live does not think it is a red card. I need to see the process.
"It is like the free-kick for the foul on Evanilson by Casemiro in the first half. He doesn't want to catch him as he looking at the ball but these things happen in football. I don't think these situations are red cards.
"We will appeal but it doesn't matter. It is two points that at this moment of the season. We now have to find points against some very difficult teams."
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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, speaking to Sky Sports: “It was very important not to lose the game today. We’re not at the best level in the Premier League, so we needed to get something. It’s not the result we wanted, but we had to push a little to get something.
“We did enough to at least score one goal. We created enough chances to score more than one goal, but it’s still not enough from us.
“We need to be have more anger than the defenders to get the ball. To get [the ball] first, you need to be focused in everything you do in training. That’s what we have to do from now on. We should have done it already and we’ve been doing it in training, but you need to do it in games.
“Sometimes you get one chance and you score a goal, and sometimes you get 10 or 15 chances and don’t score. With the team we have, we need to get more bodies in the box, create more danger, be more active in the box, and outside the box be much more brave to take our chances.”
On Rasmus Hojlund: “He knows how much he needs to score goals at this club. If you want to be at a big club like Manchester United, you need to improve every time you step onto the pitch, but it’s not only up to him.
“Expectations on him are very high, and he has to deal with that. When he doesn’t score, he has to focus on what he needs to do a little bit differently to score.”
On parallels between Athletic Club and Bournemouth: “Both teams are very intense with very quick wingers who are very good in one-v-ones. We have time now to try and focus on what Athletic are going to do, but we have to focus on what we’re going to do.”
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Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: “I think [we deserved it]. In the first half we suffered with their high-intensity press, but we created chances.
“We had quite similar chances near the box with a lot of shots. I think we deserved at least one point if you look at the game.
“If you look at our last games, it’s always like this – we do something to help the opponent get an advantage. Then it’s really hard to score goals, but the players did really well to get at least one point.
“We have the ability to push our opponents. There are small things I think we can do better. We need to understand these moments better, but if you look at the 20 minutes [after Evanilson’s red card], we had situations to score, which is really important.”
On Rasmus Hojlund: “I will not say [he is] relaxed, but he could be a little bit lighter during the week. He now needs to score many more.”
On Luke Shaw's first league start since last year: “It’s really important. Of course we need to be careful with his availability. [After the red card], he was the guy to overload that side. He has quality in the last third, he has a good pass.”
On boosting morale ahead of Thursday's Europa League semi-final first leg: “We’ve lost two points. We didn’t win, but it doesn’t matter – it’s a different competition.”
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Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola to Sky Sports: "It is very frustrating, This win would have meant a lot to us. A point is a big difference."
On the red card: "Common sense. Everyone who has played football understands. He slips. He doesn't catch him with the leg that goes high and the consequence is a red card. It is another three games without playing. The repercussions for us are huge.
"Of course we are going to appeal. It is common sense. In the first half Evanilson gets a kick in the chest by Casemiro. I don't think you should have a red card for this. But the VAR cuts the worst angle, the worst frame."
On suggestions the VAR did not tell the referee that Evanilson slipped: "If you are telling me that then it is something very, very serious. It is difficult for us."
On race for Europe: "We are in a worse position than the start of the weekend but we still have four games to play. Difficult games but we are in the fight.
"It is difficult to look in a positive way at the moment. We need a few hours."
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Image source, Getty ImagesBournemouth midfielder Alex Scott, speaking to PLP: “We worked so hard throughout the whole game. We played really well, especially in the first half. It’s obviously unfortunate with the red card.
“Then you’ve got to dig in. It's tough against a Manchester United team who haven’t had the best of seasons, but they’re still Man United. It’s a bit of a dagger to concede the goal at the end.
“We gave everything in that game. We maybe didn’t create enough chances, which is something we’ve lacked a bit recently. To concede after nine minutes were added on – I don’t know where nine minutes came from – you’ve got to take it on the chin.”
Evanilson’s red card: “I could see on the pitch that he slipped. It looked like the ref didn’t want to give [the red card], but once he went to the screen we knew he was more likely to give it.”
On Bournemouth’s European hopes: “The results yesterday didn’t help. We knew we had to come here and get three points, but we’ll take the one. We’ve played well all season, it’d be a shame to let it slip in our remaining games.”
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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim to Sky Sports: "Was one point. We could do better, We created chances but we need to do better near the box.
"It is small things. We have to understand the foot that is in play, crossing, one v ones. We need to understand the game in that way.
"Today we pushed our opponent, especially after the sending off. We had the chances but again we didn't score."
On Rasmus Hojlund: "It is always important for strikers to score. But when we look at the game as a striker it is not just the goals. It is a good boost but the next game is a new history and we have to go again."
On the next game with Bilbao: "The way Bournemouth defend is quite similar to we can take things from this game. But again it is a new history and we must do better."
On Evanilson's red card: "I never comment on red cards, win, lose or draw".
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Image source, Getty ImagesBournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo, speaking to Sky Sports: “It’s frustrating. We dominated most of the game. We went down to 10 men but I felt we were still quite comfortable. We defended so well. The goal we conceded is so frustrating. It feels a loss, to be honest.”
“I feel like there wasn’t much more we could do. All we could do was defend as a group and hope not to concede. We’re just unfortunate to concede with the last shot they had.
“The teams above us can lose next week and we can go above them. We just have to go on to next week. We have a tough game [against Arsenal], but the boys will be confident enough going to the Emirates.
“It’s not getting easier, but I have full belief in the team that we can do something.”
Evanilson’s red card: “Everyone’s just frustrated. There were challenges [like Evanilson’s] all game. It doesn’t make sense as to why that one was a red card.”
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The draw means Bournemouth stay in 10th, one point behind Fulham and Brighton immediately above them.
Manchester United move up one place to 14th.
Their focus will now switch to Thursday's Europa League trip to Bilbao.
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Manchester United attempted 25 shots in this game, their highest total in a single match in the Premier League this season.
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Jamie Redknapp
Former Tottenham midfielder on Sky Sports
On Evanilson's red card...
It did change the game. Sometimes you just want a bit of common sense from the referee. It's not a malicious tackle, he slipped and there is no intent to harm.
It had a massive impact on the game.
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The Manchester United players head over to applaud the away fans. Their long trip back up north will be a lot better than it would have been before Rasmus Hojlund's late intervention.
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Fergie time makes a comeback...
David, Wales
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Image source, ReutersAnd that's that.
Manchester United rescue a point thanks to Rasmus Hojlund;s stoppage-time leveller.
The red card for Evanilson changed the game and will certainly be the main talking point.
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Not with deliveries like that.
Way, way overhit by Luke Shaw and out for a goal kick.
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Man Utd win a late corner.
They couldn't, could they?
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The Vitality Stadium is silent apart from the pocket of United fans in the corner.
A late change for Bournemouth as Dango Ouattara is replaced by Daniel Jebbison
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Alan Smith
Former Arsenal forward on Sky Sports
Image source, Getty ImagesYou can understand his elation when the ball hits the back of the net; it's such a dry spell he has been enduring.
Sometimes those little taps are the ones that get you back on the road.
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Francis Benali
Former Southampton defender on BBC Radio 5 Live
You have got to say it's hard on Bournemouth. They have held on for so long.
Rasmus Hojlund pokes his foot out.
Rasmus Hojlund
United level at the death!
Luke Shaw's cross from the left is touched on by Manuel Ugarte and Rasmus Hojlund pokes home from close range.
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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes feels the pain as he is tackled by Bournemouth goalscorer Antoine Semenyo
Rasmus Hojlund's injury time goal grabbed a point for Manchester United as 10-man Bournemouth suffered a blow to their hopes of European qualification.
Andoni Iraola's men looked set for victory thanks to Antoine Semenyo's 11th goal of the season midway though the first half.
But the contest turned on a controversial decision to upgrade Evanilson's 70th-minute challenge on Noussair Mazraoui from a yellow card to a red following a video assistant referee (VAR) review.
Evanilson appeared to slip as he closed down the United defender but referee Peter Bankes upgraded his initial yellow card, meaning the Brazilian must now serve a three-match ban.
United piled forward looking for an equaliser and after Mason Mount's shot had been deflected wide, Hojlund turned Manuel Ugarte's effort home from close range after the Uruguay midfielder had been set up by Luke Shaw.
The result lifts Ruben Amorim's side to 14th in the Premier League but, in truth, their sights are fully trained on Thursday's Europa League semi-final first-leg trip to Athletic Bilbao.
But the goal is devastating for Bournemouth, who remain below Fulham and Brighton in the quest for an eighth-place finish which would secure a spot in next season's UEFA Conference League if Crystal Palace don't win the FA Cup.
'Ironically the ref gets this right'
Hojlund's late effort was a bitter pill for Bournemouth manager Iraola to swallow, particularly as neither he nor his coaches believed Evanilson's red card was deserved.
The loss of a vital two points and the suspension that will rule the Brazilian out until the final game of the season against Leicester - by which time the Cherries might well know their fate - could prevent the campaign delivering the first European place it seemed for so long it would.
It will be little consolation to Iraola and his players to reflect - it is so easy to forget it is only 15 years since Bournemouth were promoted out of the fourth tier of English football, as Doncaster and Port Vale have been this weekend.
Development on the pitch since then has been clear, even given this eventual disappointment.
But now owner Bill Foley has big plans off it as well, with an expansion of the Vitality Stadium to take the capacity up to 20,000 planned within the next couple of years.
Even that would be just over a quarter of the size of Old Trafford. The Cherries matchday income in their recently published accounts to 30 June 2024 was £6.53m compared to United's £137.13m over the same period.
Evidently, Bournemouth have put their spending to better use.
At the back, Dean Huijsen and Milos Kerkez excelled as usual, and Alex Scott kept them ticking over in midfield. Crucially, unlike their opponents, they were equally effective at either end of the pitch.
Kepa's stunning reaction save to deny Alejandro Garnacho an equaliser, after the Argentina international had raced clear on to Bruno Fernandes' cross-field pass was sensational.
But so too was the clinical nature of Semenyo's finish as the visitors failed to clear after Patrick Dorgu had initially been ambushed close to the touchline when United tried to play out from the back and the ball was whipped into the penalty area.
It wasn't quite plain sailing for Bournemouth after that but with a historic first European campaign at stake, they seemed to have the grit and determination to keep United out even when they were left a man down.
Sadly for them, Hojlund had other ideas.
Red card decision is 'frustrating' - Iraola
The resilience Amorim's side showed to keep going and claim their point will offer some solace before such a big fortnight for the United head coach.
Hojlund has now scored two in eight games which, if not quite free scoring, should at least provide some confidence before the Bilbao games when goals, from anywhere, will be so precious.
Teenager Chido Obi is still to score and though he was denied late on by Kepa, it is asking too much for a 17-year-old to lead an attack at his level, meaning Hojlund has a massive role to play.
But overall, it was another of those occasions when Amorim's team looked less than the sum of their parts.
On paper, his starting line-up, containing 10 full internationals, was a good one. Initially, there was some intricate play through midfield and while it did not lead to a major threat on the home goal, it promised more to come.
Instead, as has been the case so often, United gave up a goal to their opponents far too easily with Shaw - who completed the full 90 minutes on his first start of the campaign - giving a short pass to Dorgu, who had nowhere to go by the touchline, rather than electing to open the game out either in front of him or to the right.
It is that kind of basic decision-making under pressure that continues to undermine Amorim's tactical revolution - and cannot happen again in Spain this week when it really counts.
Man Utd deserved late draw at Bournemouth - Amorim
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 80 | 32 | 48 | 82 |
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| 34 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 63 | 29 | 34 | 67 |
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| 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 65 | 44 | 21 | 62 |
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| 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 43 | 23 | 61 |
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| 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 40 | 19 | 60 |
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| 33 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 39 | 14 | 60 |
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| 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 57 |
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| 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 51 |
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| 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 51 |
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| 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 50 |
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| 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 50 | 6 | 46 |
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| 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 47 | -4 | 45 |
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| 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 51 | 61 | -10 | 41 |
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| 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 47 | -8 | 39 |
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| 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 38 |
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| 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 62 | 56 | 6 | 37 |
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| 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 58 | -19 | 36 |
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| 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 74 | -41 | 21 |
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| 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 76 | -49 | 18 |
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| 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 80 | -55 | 11 |
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Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games against Man Utd (W2 D1), picking up as many points in these games (7) as they had in their first 12 against the Red Devils (W2 D1 L9).
Manchester United have conceded eight goals in their last three Premier League games against Bournemouth, as many as they had in their previous 11 against the Cherries.
Bournemouth could be the sixth different side to complete the league double over Manchester United this season, the most in a single campaign since 1933-34 (6), and most in a top-flight campaign since 1930-31 (9).
Bournemouth have earned 49 points in the Premier League this season, their highest ever tally in a campaign in the competition, surpassing their 48 in 2023-24. They could become the 40th different side to achieve a 50+ point Premier League season, with the last side to reach that tally for the first time being Brentford in 2022-23 (59).
Bournemouth are looking to record three consecutive Premier League clean sheets for the first time since November 2019, with the third game back then being a 1-0 home win against Manchester United.
Manchester United have failed to score in 13 different Premier League games this season, with only Leicester (15) and Everton (14) doing so more. They last failed to score in more league games in a single campaign in 1989-90 (16).
Manchester United have lost 15 league games this season, their most in a single Premier League campaign. They last lost more in a league season in 1989-90 (16).
Only Wolves (12) have conceded more goals from corners in the Premier League this season than Manchester United (11), while the Red Devils’ 24% of goals conceded coming from corners the highest of any side this term.
No player has had more shots in the Premier League this season than Antoine Semenyo (116, level with Mohamed Salah). Indeed, it’s the most shots a Bournemouth player has ever had in a single top-flight campaign.
Only Cole Palmer (78) has created more chances in the Premier League this season than Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes (77). Fernandes also has nine assists this term, only reaching double figures in 2020-21 (12).
