Manchester United’s struggles with defending set items carried on, as they slipped to a devastating loss by the hands of Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon.
Bournemouth received 3-0 at United for the second season operating to depart United in thirteenth place within the Premier League desk. That is the primary time United have spent Christmas within the backside half of the desk since 1989/90.
United conceded from a set piece for the seventh time within the final six video games for Bournemouth’s first aim as Dean Huijsen guided house a first-half free-kick.
The Cherries went on to finish the victory via a Justin Kluivert penalty and Antoine Semenyo’s strike in fast succession after the break.
Amorim – who has endured a dismal begin to life at Previous Trafford after dropping 4 of his first 9 video games in cost – .
that the group’s vulnerabilities in defending set items contributed to their defeat towards Bournemouth.
factors out that United have now shipped a staggering 17 set-piece objectives of the calendar yr, setting a brand new undesirable document for them within the Premier League period.
Huijsen’s headed end has statistically made it the worst yr for the Purple Devils in the case of defending set items in additional than 30 years.
When requested about this damning statistic, Amorim remarked [via ], “We’re engaged on that and we’re going to enhance on that.”
“However we didn’t lose due to set items. We lose as a result of we create extra possibilities and we didn’t rating after which on this second every thing is towards us and so they can rating.”
“Like towards Tottenham, we create possibilities additionally. It’s a troublesome second.”
Throughout warm-ups earlier than matches, United have been commonly noticed lining up and defending set items however their efforts presently don’t appear to be bearing fruit.
United are again in motion on Boxing Day after they tackle Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux Stadium.
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