Bournemouth humiliate Manchester United at Old Trafford

Ruben Amorim's Manchester United staggered into Christmas on the back of a chastening 3-0 home loss to an impressive Bournemouth side that now are up to fifth in the Premier League standings.

A year after securing their first victory at Old Trafford, Andoni Iraola’s Cherries triumphed by the same scoreline as they inflicted the biggest blow of the Portuguese head coach’s short reign.

Dean Huijsen became the latest player to capitalise on United’s lax set-piece defending, before a Justin Kluivert penalty and Antoine Semenyo strike sealed a stunning win that brought boos from the home fans at full-time.

The result leaves the Red Devils marooned in 13th over Christmas and marked an alarming drop in performance and spirit from last Sunday’s 2-1 derby win at Manchester City.

United boss Amorim had always warned there would be bumps in the road but this fourth defeat in his ninth match in charge further underlined the issues at hand.

As for Bournemouth, chants about European tours filled the air as Iraola saw his side silence Old Trafford for the second straight season.

Marcus Rashford’s absence from a third consecutive matchday squad had dominated the pre-match discussion as Amorim made six changes following the chaotic Carabao Cup exit at Tottenham.

Amad Diallo was among those restored to the starting line-up and the livewire saw an early snapshot stopped by Kepa Arrizabalaga, but Bournemouth looked more confident and coherent in cold, biting wind.

Semenyo’s strike straight at Andre Onana was the best the visitors could muster early on but United offered little more before an all too familiar weakness in United’s armoury was exposed.

Tyrell Malacia was furious to be adjudged to have fouled Adam Smith and Huijsen easily beat Joshua