Although the draw with Liverpool in midweek changed the pattern of the Premier League title race, Manchester United have only won one draw and one defeat in the last two rounds, and were 11 points away from Villa, and the prospect of fighting for the top four is not optimistic. After a week of adjustments, Manchester United ushered in the 33rd round of the Premier League, heading away to Bournemouth, who are 12th in the table. In the past 10 meetings between the two teams, Manchester United won 7 wins, with obvious psychological advantages, but the first leg was a 0-3 defeat. In this campaign, Solanke and Kluivert Jr. scored goals successively, and B Fei scored double penalties to savior, Manchester United forced the opponent to draw 2-2, but did not win in three consecutive rounds, and there was little hope of fighting for four.
Ten Hag continued to use the 4-2-3-1 configuration to lead the team to the opposition's turf, with Onana in goal for the Red Devils, Aaron Wan-Bissaka at left-back, joining Harry Maguire, Diogo Dalot and rising star Cambuvara in the backline, Mainou and Casemiro in the back, Fernandes Fernandes in the middle, Marcus Rashford and Garnacho in the left and right, and Hojlen continuing to play alone.
After the start of the game, Manchester United was hit hard: in the 16th minute, Onana made a long pass, Garnacho stopped the ball and made a mistake, and then Cambuwala made a low-level mistake, Solanke shook off the angle and shot hard with his feet, straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, Bournemouth broke the deadlock, 1-0!
Four minutes later, Bournemouth continued their efforts: Colkez received a long pass from the back, slotted into the box on the left, and his powerful shot from a tight angle was brilliantly saved by Onana, and the wind was in front of the United goal. However, in the 31st minute, Rashford made the ball after the counter-attack in front, Garnacho created chaos with a cross from the bottom, and B Fei scored in front of the goal to equalize the score for Manchester United, 1-1.
However, United were only happy for five minutes, Senesi played the ball on the left, Kluivert Jr. entered the box, Cambuvara made another mistake and watched the opponent blast home from a tight angle, Bournemouth took the lead again, 2-1!
In the 43rd minute, there was another mistake at the back when Colquez hit the crossbar with a header and then headed high. In the final moments of stoppage time, Fernandes cut inside from the left and fired a shot from the edge of the box that bounced off the crossbar and United failed to equalise.
In the 64th minute, Mainou took a shot from outside the box and hit Christie, and the referee signalled a penalty after it was refracted into Adam Smith's arm. Immediately after that, B Fei hit a brace and scored twice, and Manchester United made the score 2-2!
In the 80th minute, Ten Hag continued to make adjustments, with Mason Mount coming off the bench to remove Maynoo. In the 95th minute, Christie forced a breakthrough and was brought to the ground by Cambuvara, and the referee signalled a penalty, but then changed a free-kick from outside the box according to VAR and United escaped.
The 2-2 draw with Bournemouth saw Manchester United go three games without a win and remain seventh in the table, but 10 points behind Villa and with little hope of fighting for the top four, Ten Hag's resignation is just around the corner.