The world’s second wealthiest team should never have been in a position where it had to give both full backs their full Premier League debuts in the match. On Saturday, it was a loss to tiny Bournemouth in one of the Premier League’s biggest-ever mismatches.
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PLAYERS are too afraid to express themselves and are going backwards under manager Louis van Gaal, according to former defender Rio Ferdinand.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal invoked the belief of the club’s players and supporters after their season took another downward turn with a 2-1 loss at Bournemouth.
United equalised through Marouane Fellaini’s scruffy finish, but Bournemouth struck back and sealed the win through Josh King. Maxim Demin, the secretive Russian investor, started providing funding in 2011 to not only keep Bournemouth in existence but to lift it into the Premier League for the first time.
A week ago, they took the scalp of Chelsea.
Saturday’s win may just top the result at Stamford Bridge – although some will say it’s no shock, given United’s recent struggles and its extensive injury list. Instead, Van Gaal’s squad appears feeble and short on quality, and the at the weekend will trigger genuine questions whether he is the right man to lead United.
Further anguish came with renewed fights against closure in the last decade as Bournemouth twice entered bankruptcy protection.
“That had to be the worst Manchester United team I’ve seen in all my years watching football”.
The opening goal came inside two minutes when Junior Stanislas’ wind-affected corner evaded a despairing David De Gea and nestled itself in the back of the net.
The Swans thought they had salvaged a point when Bafetimbi Gombis thundered in a goal in the 90th minute to cancel out Wilfried Bony’s first-half strike. Carrick, who captained United at the Vitality Stadium in the continued absence of Wayne Rooney, knows they need to get back on the winning trail if they are to rebuild their reputation. Third-placed Arsenal, who have 30 points, visit bottom side Aston Villa on Sunday.
On a subdued day in England’s top division, Romelu Lukaku scored for the sixth league game in a row for Everton in a 1-1 draw at Norwich and another in-form striker, Odion Ighalo, grabbed Watford’s victor in a 1-0 victory at Sunderland.
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Odion Ighalo’s 10th goal of the campaign for Watford consigned Sunderland to another defeat and pushed the 1-0 winners up to seventh, still a point behind Palace.
