Amorim 'disappointed' with entertaining Bournemouth draw and says Manchester United 'deserved to win'

Amorim ‘dissatisfied’ with entertaining Bournemouth draw and says Manchester United ‘deserved to win’

December 16, 2025


Ruben Amorim was left massively dissatisfied with Manchester United’s thrilling 4-4 draw in opposition to Bournemouth within the Premier League.

The Purple Devils led thrice in a dramatic recreation at Outdated Trafford, wherein they dominated a lot of the sport with 24 pictures and 9 on course.

Matheus Cunha thought he had scored the winner late on however Eli Kroupi Junior’s late objective noticed the Cherries hit again and take a share of the spoils – extending United’s winless run at residence to 3 video games.

The Purple Devils boss advised BBC Sport: “It’s actually disappointing. We’re actually dissatisfied. Loopy recreation. It’d appear to be we misplaced the 2 factors within the second half however I feel we misplaced them within the first half.

“We dominated and created so many possibilities. We needed to go to half-time with a special consequence.

“Ultimately we deserved extra. It was a enjoyable recreation for everybody at residence.

“Individuals particularly at Outdated Trafford need to win however they need to be impressed to see a workforce play good soccer. We did that nicely in sure moments.

“It was a very good efficiency however we should be extra scientific as a result of created so many possibilities.”

“Lammens did very well. There have been opportunites for each side. We created extra. We have to discover methods of closing the video games as a result of this occurred many occasions.

“That’s a part of the method. We attempt to do issues the perfect we will however in some moments it’s not sufficient.”

Iraola: It was assault over defence

Opposing supervisor Andoni Iraola struggled to make sense of such an entertaining affair and mentioned the thriller was a results of two sides specializing in attacking, reasonably than defending.

He advised BBC Sport: “It’s very tough to elucidate as a result of a lot occurred.

“I suppose it was entertaining for everybody. Two groups that attacked a lot better than we defended. We performed fairly open, each groups.

“All the things occurred even in stopage time. A number of positives.”

Iraola added that he felt the handball determination that led to Fernandes’ free-kick to make it 3-3 with simply over 10 minutes to play was an error on the referee’s half.

“I feel it’s a transparent mistake. Above the armband. It’s not a foul,” he mentioned.

“We struggled within the first 15-20 minutes. We made some changes however we have been dropping 1-0. From there I used to be fairly proud of how the sport was.

“The final two have been large possibilities, nice saves from Lammens. We take a degree. We will use a whole lot of good issues from at this time however issues to appropriate.”

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