JOSH KING RETURNED to haunt Manchester United on Saturday as his goal earned Bournemouth a memorable 2-1 victory that completed a miserable week for Louis van Gaal’s beleaguered team.
United were hoping to turn the page on their mid-week Champions League exit, but Junior Stanislas put Bournemouth in front straight from a corner after 100 seconds and although Marouane Fellaini equalised, former United trainee King punished slack defending at a corner to claim a 54th-minute winner.
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United could have gone level with new Premier League leaders Manchester City, but their third defeat of the campaign left them three points off the pace in fourth and at risk of falling six points behind Leicester City, who host Chelsea on Monday, generating yet more bad press for the floundering Van Gaal.
It was a second stunning win in eight days for Eddie Howe’s promoted Bournemouth following their 1-0 triumph at champions Chelsea last weekend and took them three points clear of the relegation zone.
With injuries forcing Van Gaal to field a defence featuring Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, 18, and 20-year-old Paddy McNair, United fell behind inside two minutes when Stanislas’s wind-assisted corner curled straight in.
Fellaini equalised in the 24th minute, bundling the ball home at the second attempt after Memphis Depay had been thwarted by Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc.
But after Jesse Lingard had gone off injured, King restored Bournemouth’s lead early in the second half when he gave Daley Blind the slip and applied an adroit finish to Matt Ritchie’s right-wing corner.
Substitute Glenn Murray, who scored a late winner at Chelsea, twice squandered chances to give Bournemouth breathing space, blazing over from close range on each occasion, but in the end it mattered not.
King caps miserable week for United as Bournemouth claim crucial Premier League win
JOSH KING RETURNED to haunt Manchester United on Saturday as his goal earned Bournemouth a memorable 2-1 victory that completed a miserable week for Louis van Gaal’s beleaguered team.
United were hoping to turn the page on their mid-week Champions League exit, but Junior Stanislas put Bournemouth in front straight from a corner after 100 seconds and although Marouane Fellaini equalised, former United trainee King punished slack defending at a corner to claim a 54th-minute winner.
United could have gone level with new Premier League leaders Manchester City, but their third defeat of the campaign left them three points off the pace in fourth and at risk of falling six points behind Leicester City, who host Chelsea on Monday, generating yet more bad press for the floundering Van Gaal.
It was a second stunning win in eight days for Eddie Howe’s promoted Bournemouth following their 1-0 triumph at champions Chelsea last weekend and took them three points clear of the relegation zone.
With injuries forcing Van Gaal to field a defence featuring Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, 18, and 20-year-old Paddy McNair, United fell behind inside two minutes when Stanislas’s wind-assisted corner curled straight in.
Fellaini equalised in the 24th minute, bundling the ball home at the second attempt after Memphis Depay had been thwarted by Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc.
But after Jesse Lingard had gone off injured, King restored Bournemouth’s lead early in the second half when he gave Daley Blind the slip and applied an adroit finish to Matt Ritchie’s right-wing corner.
Substitute Glenn Murray, who scored a late winner at Chelsea, twice squandered chances to give Bournemouth breathing space, blazing over from close range on each occasion, but in the end it mattered not.
(C) AFP 2015
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