Bournemouth hold Man Utd in an eight-goal thriller at Old Trafford!

0:08Thanks for joining us on the Sky Sports Premier League podcast. we were at Old Trafford for Monday Night Football where Manchester United took on Bournemouth. This is how we saw things when the final whistle blew.

0:31And you might want to boo that full-time whistle because this belter ends with a point apiece. Regrets for both managers. I won't take you through all the scorers, but Lamont's at the end probably saving Manchester United from a defeat. But Gary, a way to sum that up. Absolute madness. I mean, a game, you said it ebbed and flowed, punch for punch, end to end, particularly in the second half. Tavernier in Bournemouth, just after half-time, explosive out of the blocks. But it was a game that, to be fair, you could not call. I'm not quite sure who's going to be happiest at the end. I said partway through that game I could live with how Manchester United played but what you can't get away from is it's seven points dropped in their last three games at home and for Bournemouth who've had a tough run recently they'll be delighted I think as they travel back down south that they've come back they were beaten well in the first half in performance terms but it's equal and there's a little bit of a numbness of what everyone's just watched around this ground but when you score four goals you feel like you're going to pick up three points in most games you would but not this one what a game we've just watched in the end at Old Trafford Manchester United four Bournemouth four and I think Old Trafford is stunned into silence by what they have just witnessed three times they led in the game three times Bournemouth hit back and still had chances to win it in those dying seconds Jamie Carragher what a game we didn't want it to end no we didn't and it looked like the referee didn't want it to end he was almost playing last next goal the winner but I would say I should have done yes I wish they would have done but I think we've just seen the best game of the Premier League season so far and that's what makes the Premier League the greatest league the greatest product whatever you want to call it in the world and you know what for the majority of that game Manchester United were absolutely fantastic.

2:34Bournemouth were not at the races at all in the first half, but they were fantastic second half, and what a game. Brilliant. What a coach, Andoni Arreola. Ten goals in his last three visits with his Bournemouth team to Old Trafford. But not enough to see off Ruben Amarin's Manchester United today. They're pretty happy with what they've done. Manchester United barely a smile between them, but they know Bournemouth. There was a chance there to snatch all three points. Brooks Krupe had a moment as well. What might have been and what an extraordinary victory that would have been. They have to settle for a point, which I think from behind three times they absolutely will take.

3:17So as Gary said, United dropping more points at home. And they missed the chance to go into the top five. but they are in sixth place, only two points behind Chelsea in four. How different that would have looked. Have they managed to get over the line in those last three home games against Everson, West Ham and Bournemouth, who are 13th now on 21 points, eight clear of the bottom three. Olivier Giroud has watched that with us. He's wondering if it's like that every week in the Monday Night Football studio. Four scorers for United, four for Bournemouth at Old Trafford, and it meant we were treated to an eight-goal thriller.

3:58And the beauty was there might well have been more.

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4:36Welcome back to the Sky Sports Premier League podcast. Let's get back to the studio for more reaction to today's game.

4:47Abumo, Shishko. A ball across, Cunha!

4:57Old Trafford couldn't be louder. Jimenez. That's going to break. Too much this game. Kruppi! And a celebration to match the scoreline. What a game. What brilliant entertainment. for all it finished in the end. Just the second time we've seen that many goals in a game this season. 39 shots, 25 to United, 14 to Bournemouth. The most we've seen in a game, the most shots on target, nine apiece. But we could not find a winner. They could not be separated after 90 plus. Well, in the end, it was 100 minutes, wasn't it? And there was huge disappointment when the referee finally blew the whistle for full time.

5:45Does that kind of game, Olivier, make you miss English football even more? I miss Premier League for that kind of game and it was really exciting. I mean, for the fans, it's the best football we can have on a Monday night. Absolutely. Like a boxing match, Jamie. Punch for punch. And we have to remind everyone of what actually happened in the first half, which seems a long time ago. It felt for a while Manchester United were in control of this game, particularly in the first half? I think it's the best I've seen Manchester United play, certainly in the first half under Ameren. Maybe going back to the first game of the season against Arsenal, maybe.

6:22But I thought Manchester United were absolutely fantastic, especially in that first 25, 30 minutes. It was almost a throwback to Manchester United under Alex Ferguson and Gary Neville playing. Fast attacking football, people being energetic, making runs forward, being positive, being on the front foot, winning the ball back early. There was lots of that. And as you see there, numbers in the box across coming in. there's four players in the box. Causes commotion there. Cunyre was fantastic in the game throughout. And you've got one wing-back. Or was he a wing-back? We're not quite sure, were we?

6:54When we watched through the game, whether it was the wing-back system at times, it felt like a 4-3-3. But there was a real interchange in the positions, systems, and as I said, there was intensity about them. But, as well as they played... They just couldn't shake Bournemouth off, Olivier. And this was the theme of the game. Every time United got in front, hasn't Bournemouth had something to say? Yeah, they were always on the go, especially on this counter-attack. You can see it's strange that no defenders are going across to meet Semenya.

7:36In that kind of situation, what would you do, Jamie? me because we you can see you can see Mason Maud is asking one of the defender to come over yeah and it doesn't happen and so many makes makes hay and then just before half time as Manchester United were really devastated to have looked like they were going in at one all managed to get themselves in front yeah well Casemiro's record since he comes to Manchester Manchester United scoring from set pieces is absolutely fantastic. He's a real threat in the box, especially in the air. And he gets another goal there. And yeah, it's a bad mistake from the goalkeeper.

8:20But Manchester United deserve to be at least one goal in front at half-time. So it was totally deserved going in. 2-1 at half-time and 37 seconds into the second half when we were wondering what Bournemouth's response would be. We found out. What a brilliant response, Olivier. Yeah, because they stay in the game, you know. They believe in them and always put pressure. You can see how compact the team is coming high altogether and they get the ball. it's a transition isn't it and this is a problem for Manchester United look at that finish it's quite simple and efficient I mean they get the ball back three seconds later they are in the box so and this is a striker in Evan Ilsen Olivier who scored one in his last 16 it didn't look like that did it?

9:24No he looks like in full confidence he made a good run the pass is at the in the good timing, in the good space, and they finish well from the left foot. So I'm happy for him because I know how tough it is. Like in period, you don't score. So 2-2, and then Bournemouth have got the wind in their sails. And look at Tavenier drive for the entire team, Jamie. But I just mentioned before what Casemiro gives you in terms of set-piece-wise, but this is the problem when you play Casemiro and certainly Bruno together, especially when you're playing against a team who's so good on the transition. it's far too easy to get at the back three and that's what we saw there, he gives the foul away and the goalkeeper listen, a goalkeeper would know better than me what it should be, is he a little bit deep because he's standing right on his line that's something I'd look at but just doesn't react well enough at all just looks a little bit deep to me and he just can't seem to get across but even though I think he's still maybe got a hand on that It was at this time that people started talking about Manchester United's famous home record at half-time when leading that hadn't lost since 1984 against Ipswich.

10:34And was this going to be the day? Well, no, it wasn't because Bruno Fernandes, among others, decided to have his say in the game. First time since 2012 that we've seen a direct free kick scored by both sides in the same game. What a strike, Jamie. Amazing. Listen, he's just a brilliant player, isn't he? You know, he has his critics, but it's not for his football. I mean, you think of the goals and the assists he's got. And if he had a few more trophies, if he won a Premier League or maybe a Champions League with Manchester, we're probably talking about one of the greatest sort of foreign players, certainly, to come to our show.

11:06But because he hasn't quite got that, but his numbers stack up as much as anybody's. So three apiece. Could anybody find the winning goal? Olivier, Manchester United struck first by another player who desperately needed a goal, Matthias Cunha.

11:21Yeah, that's well done by Embermo. after Cescou I'm not sure what he wanted to do but the defender... Just with the slip at the wrong moment. Yeah, he should have done better and I feel sorry for him because he's French. But it's tough because he has to take care about the second post also and I think it came too quick. But it can't finish though from Cunha, wasn't it? Well, it's a good finish, but you can see the keeper is not so far from the ball. Look, he anticipates the first post. But that wasn't the end of the scoring, Jamie? No, it wasn't. And you think, Luke Shaw is probably involved. He takes the throw in there again.

12:09Manchester United lose it and it's another transition. And somebody's running at them. Listen, that's the name of the game for Bournemouth. They're really good at that. But that first touch was absolutely fantastic. Olivier, does the first touch make the goal? Yes, most of the time. Control is so important, especially when you are in a tiny space to finish in a box. But the fighting spirit, if I can say, of one time, two times, and then, see, he almost lost the ball. But, you know, last touch, he just flicked it to the strike and a bit of… Can you do that, Olivier? Not really. Not at my advanced age.

12:59Brilliant that was, wasn't it, from Eli Kruppi Jr., who we've seen scoring goals already this season when he stepped into the side, the control, the finish with his first touches. I hope you never saw that at home. Whoops. I should have stood in front of him. But there was still time for a winning goal, wasn't there? We played 10 minutes of stoppage time as well in the game. And it felt like if anyone was going to win it, Jamie, it was going to be Bournemouth. Yeah, it was. And it was a couple of opportunities to Brooks. He's a really good player. He's been a brilliant player, as I said, for Bournemouth over a few years now.

13:34And that is one of them when you say if it goes anywhere else, either side of the goalkeeper, it does go in. Because you can see he's really desperate. He's always covering the cross, isn't he? What a cross also from Alex Jimenez, who did the assist on the previous goal. That's a Giroud header, isn't it, that near post? Yeah, I think he missed 10 centimetres. Brilliant ball inside from Daniel Bruns, wasn't it? What a touch with the outside of the left foot. And almost no-look pass from Samir. Jamie's reliving it. This could have been the greatest Monday Night Football of all time. I mean, if that had gone in.

14:09Oh, it's just inches, isn't it, from Kruppi. He just can't quite reach the rebound. But that could have gone anywhere, Olivier. Yeah. He was in the right place to try and get his foot on it, but it wasn't to be four apiece. It finished between Manchester United and Bournemouth. What a game. Just absolutely brilliant. And both managers, you have to say, played their part as well. And we will hear from them next.

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15:14What does he think about what we've just witnessed at Old Trafford tonight? Ruben Amram and Manchester United four, Bournemouth four. Here he is with Juliet Farrington. Ruben, I just wonder how you unpack what we've just seen here at Old Trafford tonight. It was a fun game for everyone at home. I think we started really well. We did a very good first half. the result should be completely different. And then, again, I think six minutes of the second half, similar to Nottingham, we lost the concentration and they scored two goals. But we managed to get back to the game. We scored two goals again and then we have to finish the game.

16:02Just a throw in our possession. We need to close, to think about not to go again, but to take calm and to close the game, in the end, was a fun game. Did you think when you went 4-3 up, that was it? Because I saw you celebrate wildly as well as much as the players. Yes, because I saw the effort of the players, I saw the effort of the fans, and in the end of the game, when you make 4-3, I have the feeling that we will continue to push, to score another one. So we tried, but in the end, it was a draw. The substitutions that you made as well, and you kept the formation fluid, but we did see that back four that so many people have spoken about.

16:46What do you take out of this tonight to go forward? The same, a lot of good things, but a lot of things to work. We are not winning games sometimes in the details. It's not about because it's a back four, back three, back five. is the details that we need to work, understand the momentums of the game. You need to be more clinical because, again, today against a very good team, we create so many chances to win the game and you should have won the three points. And also when you talk about the three points, we spoke in the build-up to this game last week, last Friday, about whether the glass is half full or half empty.

17:27And the fact that you've dropped seven points now in the last three at home, I'm guessing that's the one that annoys you the most. Yeah, of course. When you win away, you should win at home. But we need to focus on the performance today was different from the last two at home. So that is also a point that we pay attention and it's completely different. The result is the same. At one point it's frustrating, but the performance is different. And how do you go about now finding a solution as well? Because obviously you're going to lose two more players to AFCON tonight after this game. and you've got three centre-backs as well.

18:03It's sort of problematic for you, isn't it? But that is the fun part of being a manager. We'll try to find the solutions with the players that we have. So after last season, I think we are ready to cope with whatever they present in front of us. So let's move on. And we already knew we had some injuries. All the teams in England had injuries. We will try to find a way to score goals in a different way. Thank you very much. Clearly disappointed and frustrated having scored four but conceding four as well. Can you see the positives for Manchester United in this performance Olivier? Well the confidence for the strikers but obviously it's hard to win a game when you concede four goals.

18:53I think, as he said before the game, they need to be more efficient upfront, but you need to also be more efficient in your box. That's where you win games, in the opponent's box and in your box. They need to be more stronger, but it's not about only the defence, it's the whole team. but I've seen great things. I mean, they've been, they created so many chances and I really enjoy watching the game. But yeah, small margins, I'm not sure, I don't know. When you're at home and you win 4-3 and what, five minutes to go? You need to put the game, like close the game, as he said. and he should be very, very frustrated.

19:50He clearly is. He says it's not about the tactics and the formation, it's the details which is costing, it seems, Manchester United time and time again right now, Jamie. And this inability to keep clean sheets is really hurting any progress. Yes, it's a big problem for them. Now, they had problems at both ends of the pitch last season. We highlighted before the game, they're improving in attack. We saw that again tonight. Some of the attacking players from Manchester United were fantastic. They had a lot of young defenders out there as well tonight, which didn't help. You're on aid in heaven, yeah.

20:24Yeah, yeah. And listen, I've been there as a young defender. You make a mistake more often than not. It ends up in the back of your goal. And that was the case tonight. Because even though the game's finished 4-4, and Bournemouth probably could, probably should have won it at the end, Manchester United were by far the better team. And that was the first time in a long time, or certainly the first time under Ruben Amaran, when I felt like I was watching what Manchester United should be, where it's just wave after attack, wave after wave. There's counter-attacks and almost the opposition feel like they can't keep them out and you're getting sucked back.

20:56I've been there as a defender. You're getting sucked back into that box in front of the Stratford end. You can't get out. And then it was felt inevitable when it went 3-3, I think, that United would go and make it 4-3. I just felt that you'd seen that story happen so often before as players. We've seen that before, haven't we, Olivier? And I think we need to give credit to that team, Bournemouth, who didn't close the game and who attacked like they were at home. They play with freedom, like fearless. And yeah, we need to give credit to this team, which was really efficient up front. I mean, to compare with the XG, I think they made the most of it.

21:38We certainly did. clean sheets one still this season and only six in the entire time that Ruben Amram has been in charge of Manchester United 43 and that is right up there with unfortunately some of the worst of the clean sheet ratios that we've seen in the Premier League across a 40 game minimum and I suppose the big thing that's striking when you look at the graphic Jamie it's not so much the managers it's the clubs that they're in charge of Yeah, and listen, Ozil Adelaus almost became famous, didn't he? You know, for the front five and not really caring about defending so much at that stage.

22:17But for Manchester United to be there, that's awful, really. And also what makes it worse is Ruben Amarun's system. We talk about it a lot, I know we do, but more often than not, teams who play sort of a back three or a back five, they get pushed back. Maybe they struggle to actually create or be on the front foot, but they can make it difficult for the opposition. So that needs to improve very quickly. First manager to score for his team to have scored three goals, at least in three successive visits to Old Trafford. On the previous two 3-0, he had to settle for a point tonight in a 4-all draw.

22:48And we can hear now from Andoni Iriola with Juliet Farrington. In fact, I'm afraid that interview is not quite ready for us. It is now. So let's head across to hear from Andoni Iriola. Andoni, you were playing down your chances pre-match tonight. Could you make sense of what's just happened out there? No, difficult. Difficult to explain. I think, I suppose, for the neutrals has been a nice game. We've had everything. Moments where you think, OK, we're going to lose. Moments where you think, OK, we have this one and we are comfortable. But even at the end, I think we've had, in the last minute, the two clearest chances from Bruxy both.

23:34And I was like, maybe we win this one. but it's just a point. It's not a lot in the standings but I think we can take good and bad things from today. What do you take from it then? I think we are two teams that are quite... We play quite aggressively, we're quite open and probably today we've attacked much better than we've defended. I think the second goal is a cheap goal for us to concede. Just before the half-time, the corner is not even a great header and it's probably the goal where we can correct a lot of things. But also there are very good things because we've been dangerous and I think we've had good faces on the ball.

24:21So a little bit of everything, yes. What did you say at half-time? Because you talk about good things, very good things at the start of the second half. Yes, I think we've struggled in the first 15 minutes. We haven't matched up well, especially in the middle. And then after 15 minutes we corrected tactically a little bit. And I think we finished really well in the first half. I think when we scored the 1-1 and we were feeling comfortable and we were finishing the half much better. That's why the goal we conceded just from the corner, it has hurt me because we were in a good moment. And this is what I told the players, we are controlling now the game at the end of the first half.

24:58I think we felt much better and we've used it also in the second half. good beginning but also moment of magic from Bruno in the free kick. I don't think it's never a free kick. I don't think it's a handball but it's amazing what he scores. And it has been everything up and down today, yes. You talk about that up and down. I just wonder where from where you were standing from in that technical area, the emotions what were you going through? Was it like 90 miles an hour, 100 miles an hour? Yes, you didn't even know if we were happy finishing the game or give us one minute more or then you lose the ball and then finish it now because we are going to lose it and then five seconds and maybe we can even win it.

25:40So it has been a little bit crazy all the game and especially the last minute. We take a point. It's not a lot. It's costing us now a lot. We have to play very well against Chelsea. Just one point today. One point is you don't have like in the standings. It's not a big reward, but I think we can use these performances and try to get the wins in the next games. Deep breaths, relax, rest well, go again. Thank you. We go again quickly. Thank you. Thank you. His team are incredible to watch. That is absolutely clear. I just love that moment, Jamie, at 4-3, when he just got the message across to his team, there's 10 minutes, there's still 10 minutes, we can go and score again.

26:22He didn't panic, did he, at all? He was calm and measured. You can imagine the noise in that stadium. You almost felt like you would hear it here when that goal was in 4-3. But you always feel Bournemouth, there's going to be a chance with them. And they had three chances, scored one goal, probably should have gone on and won it. But they're a brilliant team to watch. You know, I love watching them. I love the job that he's done there. And for a neutral, you know, you get a ticket to watch a game. They're the team that you want to watch. There's always goals involved. They're always on the front foot.