Ruben Amorim rues missed chances after Man Utd’s thrilling draw with Bournemouth

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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim rued missed first-half chances after a remarkable match against Bournemouth finished 4-4 at Old Trafford.United led 2-1 at the break as Casemiro’s stoppage-time header restored their advantage after Antoine Semenyo cancelled out Amad Diallo’s early goal, but they had peppered Djordje Petrovic’s goal with 17 attempts in total and the fact their lead was not more proved costly.Bournemouth levelled within 37 seconds of the restart through Evanilson, then took the lead thanks to Marcus Tavernier, only for United to respond with two goals in three minutes – first Bruno Fernandes’ superb free-kick, then Matheus Cunha’s 79th-minute strike.This United team may not know when they are beaten but they also do not know how to close out games, and five minutes later they allowed Bournemouth substitute Junior Kroupi to level before David Brooks had two clear chances to win it in stoppage time.

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00:00It was a fun game for everyone at home.

00:11I think we lost, if you look at the game, you can think that we lost the two points in the

00:15second half.

00:16I think we lost the two points in the first half.

00:19We should have more goals.

00:23It should be a different result in the half-time.

00:27Similar to Nottingham, we suffered two goals really fast, but we managed to get back, to

00:33take the advantage again, and then we need to close the game.

00:37Again, it was a fun game to watch.

00:41Of course, there is a feeling of scoring four goals and not winning the game.

00:45That is for you to discuss, not for me.

00:51I will say the same thing.

00:53You can play with the same players.

00:55It looks like one thing is another thing.

00:58Now, guys, it is for you to, and I know that you guys know that I trained this week the

01:07back four.

01:08I don't know how, but that is a good thing for you guys to discuss this week.

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