Man United, Bournemouth draw in eight-goal Premier League thriller

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Bournemouth rallied to divided the points with Manchester United, denying the Red Devils a accidental to determination up the ladder.

Published On 16 Dec 2025

Bournemouth’s Eli Junior Kroupi struck precocious to salvage a constituent for his broadside successful a 4-4 gully with Manchester United connected Monday night, capping a Premier League thriller that swung wildly from commencement to finish.

Ruben Amorim’s men squandered the accidental to determination level with fourth-place Chelsea successful the standings and are alternatively sixth connected 26 points. Bournemouth are 13th connected 21 points.

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United looked acceptable for triumph aft Bruno Fernandes, with a stunning escaped kick, and Matheus Cunha struck 2 minutes isolated successful the 2nd fractional to marque it 4-3.

Bournemouth’s 19-year-old substitute Kroupi silenced United’s fans conscionable 5 minutes aboriginal erstwhile Alejandro Jimenez recovered him connected the borderline of the container successful the 84th minute.

United goalkeeper Senne Lammens made an instinctive prevention with his close ft to halt a diving header from David Brooks successful the sixth infinitesimal of stoppage clip to sphere the draw.

Each broadside had 9 shots connected people successful a crippled that volition spell down arsenic a classic, with end-to-end action. As the last whistle blew aft 100 exhausting minutes, it was hard to accidental whether either squad near feeling satisfied.

“I accidental for the neutrals it’s been a bully game,” Bournemouth brag Andoni Iraola told Sky Sports. “It had everything. Moments wherever you deliberation it’s a loss. Moments wherever you deliberation we person this one, we are comfortable.

“You didn’t adjacent cognize if we were blessed finishing the crippled oregon springiness america 1 infinitesimal more.”

Eight goals successful 71 minutes

United’s Amad Diallo opened the scoring with a close-range header successful the 13th infinitesimal aft goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic initially saved Diogo Dalot’s cross.

However, the visitors gradually began to find their feet and equalised done Antoine Semenyo successful the 40th minute.

Casemiro restored United’s pb with a header from a country connected the changeable of half-time, talented by goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic’s fumbled prevention attempt.

But they were pegged backmost again erstwhile Evanilson struck seconds aft the interruption portion thousands of fans astatine Old Trafford had yet to instrumentality to their seats.

Marcus Tavernier scored with a debased escaped footwear successful the 52nd infinitesimal to enactment Bournemouth ahead, but United fought back, with Fernandes curling successful a set-piece of his ain successful the 77th infinitesimal to level.

Cunha thought helium had scored the victor successful the 79th erstwhile Benjamin Sesko sent the shot successful from the near wing, and the Brazilian slotted home. But the nighttime had 1 much twist arsenic Kroupi had the past word.

United, who had 17 shots successful the archetypal half, rued the chances they did not enactment distant successful a cardinal crippled earlier Diallo and Bryan Mbeumo permission for the Africa Cup of Nations.

“It’s truly disappointing,” United brag Ruben Amorim told the BBC. “We are truly disappointed. Crazy game. It mightiness look similar we mislaid the 2 points successful the 2nd half, but I deliberation we mislaid them successful the archetypal half.

“We dominated and created truthful galore chances. We had to spell to half-time with a antithetic result. In the end, we deserved more.”