Manchester United have the same three issues David Moyes identified 10 years ago

Defeat to Bournemouth and the performance that accompanied it was evidence that Manchester United must improve in a number of areas, including passing, creating chances and defending.

Match-goers flocked to Old Trafford with a renewed sense of optimism on Saturday, after what was a wholly positive week on the United beat. Erik ten Hag, Harry Maguire and Alejandro Garnacho had all won awards for their November form and then the team enjoyed one of their best performances of the season in a 2-1 win at Chelsea.

It took all of five minutes for that goodwill to dissipate. Bruno Fernandes' pass was weak, Scott McTominay was flat-footed and Dominic Solanke swept home the finish of a striker brimming with confidence - how United could do with one of those.

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In a season of lows, Saturday was the nadir. Bournemouth have been in good form recently but their first ever win over United was not a smash-and-grab. They out-ran, out-fought and out-thought their hosts from the first whistle until the last.

It was actually David Moyes who insisted his United side could improve when it came to passing, creating chances and defending. His blunt admission came exactly 10 years before Saturday's defeat, on December 9 2013, and has since been used as a meme for whenever the club have underwhelmed.

Moyes succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford and inadvertently kicked off a decade of decline. Defeat against Bournemouth means United have now lost more Premier League games at Old Trafford since Ferguson's retirement than they did during his 26-year reign. Rarely has Moyes' damning assessment been more