Alejandro Garnacho 'likes' criticism of Erik ten Hag with Man United decision branded 'joke'

Manchester United forward Alejandro Garnacho has responded to Erik ten Hag's decision to hook him at half-time in Saturday's 2-2 Premier League draw with Bournemouth.

The winger started at the Vitality Stadium as United looked to apply pressure on the chasing pack for Champions League football. However, it was another frustrating afternoon away from Old Trafford for the Reds as they failed to defeat the Cherries.

Dominic Solanke opened the scoring in the first-half after Garnacho gave the ball away inside United's half before the winger played a big part in Bruno Fernandes' leveller. Justin Kluivert made it 2-1 before Fernandes rescued a point from the spot.

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Garnacho's afternoon ended early when he was replaced by Amad Diallo at half-time. After the game, Ten Hag confirmed the decision was primarily tactical due to problems down their right-hand side - where both of Bournemouth's goals came from.

"We lost some balls in areas we shouldn't lose them," he said. "If you see the first goal, the set-up was good but in that area you should never lose the ball but it's still not a goal. On the right side defending we had some problems in the first half. At half-time, we repaired it.

"In the second half, Harry was better, we repaired it on the right side and we took more control of the game and if we would have been more calm and composed, we could have had a win.

"First half, they were better. They created chances but the good thing is we returned twice from losing positions. So this team, the spirit is good, the